Re: Drive axle flange circlip fit

jimbehning (AT) mindspring (DOT) com wrote in message news:<1g5vfvoripaoucveejus71cb7o7rpj1s95 (AT) 4ax (DOT) com>...

I have gone through a few of the circlips trying to get one to seat
correctly. Even then I was not so sure it was good. I have driven more
than a few thousand miles and nothing has blown up so I guess it was
good enough. I think of all the things I have encountered on VWs that
has been the most frustrating. Well that and wondering when my tranny
is going to self machine. It has 287,000 miles on it.


Jim B.

Thanks for sharing your experiences, Jim.

I tried making a tool like somebody suggested somewhere, but mine was
just too clumsy to get down to business. So I got a new set of
circlips and Oh-So-Gently expanded them and got them over the shaft
and into the groove. Experience and patience seems to help.

I now estimate my radial play to be about 0.25mm, or about 0.010". I
have given some thought to this, and I'm not so sure it matters much
if the circlip is a little too big in diameter for the bottom of the
groove. The flange springs keep good outward force against it, and
there is no foreseeable force that could cause that circlip to open.

To further bolster my guess, I haven't found any posts where one has
let go and havoc followed. So I suppose, within reason, a new clip
that goes down into the groove is about the only requirement. Just a
guess.

Thanks again.

Mike

I recently ripped apart my transmission, and ran into the same issue
your having with that cursed circlip (I had the proper pliers too). After
trying all different ways to get it on, and going through like 3 or 4 of
them, I decided fuck it and left it. There wasn't all that much play in it,
and it certianly locked in well, but wasn't perfect around the diameter of
the output shaft. That was about 1500 miles ago now, and I've had no issues
whatsoever yet. As long as you put the dished washer thingy back in
correctly, my guess is you would be just fine.

--Andy P


"J. Michael Shifflette" <jmshi (AT) bellsouth (DOT) net> wrote

jimbehning (AT) mindspring (DOT) com wrote in message
news:<1g5vfvoripaoucveejus71cb7o7rpj1s95 (AT) 4ax (DOT) com>...
I have gone through a few of the circlips trying to get one to seat
correctly. Even then I was not so sure it was good. I have driven more
than a few thousand miles and nothing has blown up so I guess it was
good enough. I think of all the things I have encountered on VWs that
has been the most frustrating. Well that and wondering when my tranny
is going to self machine. It has 287,000 miles on it.


Jim B.

Thanks for sharing your experiences, Jim.

I tried making a tool like somebody suggested somewhere, but mine was
just too clumsy to get down to business. So I got a new set of
circlips and Oh-So-Gently expanded them and got them over the shaft
and into the groove. Experience and patience seems to help.

I now estimate my radial play to be about 0.25mm, or about 0.010". I
have given some thought to this, and I'm not so sure it matters much
if the circlip is a little too big in diameter for the bottom of the
groove. The flange springs keep good outward force against it, and
there is no foreseeable force that could cause that circlip to open.

To further bolster my guess, I haven't found any posts where one has
let go and havoc followed. So I suppose, within reason, a new clip
that goes down into the groove is about the only requirement. Just a
guess.

Thanks again.

Mike