[Mgs] Wheel cylinder snap ring issue- HELP

[David Ambrose]

I install them with the curve facing down. I've been placing them atop 
the wheel cylinder with the two ears engaging the groove, I then take a 
pair of channel-lock pliers set fairly wide and facing straight on to 
the backing plate, engage the top of the clip with one side of the 
pliers, and the bottom of the slave cylinder inlet with the other. 
Squeezing the pliers pushes the clip around the slave cylinder inlet, 
and I seat the ears in the groove with a screwdriver.

I've never found any kind of percussive seating to work.

Cheers,
Dave Ambrose


On 10/29/2011 9:37 AM, davewillner wrote:
> I've spent the last 2 hours trying to fit the curved retaining ring into the
> channel on the rear wheel cylinder to hold it in place. This is the curved one
> with three tabs that I believe fit into the grove. The frozen original one
> doesn't have a channel or retaining ring and they came out fairly easily,
> except for one...Anyway what's the trick to snapping these in place, does the
> curve face up or down, how does one fit it in place? I've tried almost
> everything... thanks, appreciate the help