Where can you buy C clips ?

[ZeroJunk]

I'm not even sure what brand the piston is. It is for an 026. The OEM Stihl clips are too small in gauge or diameter and I am afraid to use them.

Suely one can just buy a box of 10mm and 12mm circlips from somebody.

 

[Warped5]

I'm not even sure what brand the piston is. It is for an 026. The OEM Stihl clips are too small in gauge or diameter and I am afraid to use them.

Suely one can just buy a box of 10mm and 12mm circlips from somebody.

I saw some at a Bumper-To-Bumper auto parts store this afternoon. Had a bunch of sizes.

 

[Bowtie]

If you will caliper them and post measurements I might have a new pair I didnt use. I have never found aftermarket circlips by themselves.

 

[ZeroJunk]

If you will caliper them and post measurements I might have a new pair I didnt use. I have never found aftermarket circlips by themselves.

I don't have any to measure, don't know where they went. I'm trying to think of some way to measure the groove. I don't think I have any tool to do it with. Thanks anyway.

 

[Bowtie]

I don't have any to measure, don't know where they went. I'm trying to think of some way to measure the groove. I don't think I have any tool to do it with. Thanks anyway.

Piece of silly putty or playdoh, or soft solder should work to make a mold to measure.

 

[SawTroll]

Based on what I have read earlier here, I wouldn't trust any aftermarket ones, as they are known to often break. Go OEM!

 

[Bowtie]

Based on what I have read earlier here, I wouldn't trust any aftermarket ones, as they are known to often break. Go OEM!

Problem is OEM does not fit the grooves in his piston. I have had that problem as well.

 

[ncfarmboy]

Based on what I have read earlier here, I wouldn't trust any aftermarket ones, as they are known to often break. Go OEM!

I just ate a Woods Ported 346XPNE 50cc P&C because I used the AM circlips. To beat it all my supplier sent me these clips and told me not to use the ones in the kit. The circlip broke. I will NEVER use AM clips again. The ones in the Golf piston kits are the worst. After that expierience I'm tearing down 5-55 Husky's to replace the clips.
Shep

 

[splitpost]

After reading a few horror stories about cheap AM pistons i wouldn't use that piston unless your 100% its a meteor or Episan ,let alone chase up AM clips for it,
save yourself the trouble and start fresh with a meteor/Episan piston

 

[ZeroJunk]

After reading a few horror stories about cheap AM pistons i wouldn't use that piston unless your 100% its a meteor or Episan ,let alone chase up AM clips for it,
save yourself the trouble and start fresh with a meteor/Episan piston

Might not be a bad idea. I am thinking that this piston is one that I tried to install a year or so ago and the clips were fat with little spring, if you bent them enough to get in the groove they stayed bent, and I threw them away. I'm sure I put a Meteor in that saw.

This is a saw that belongs to my sisters BIL. Has some piston damage, but it still runs. Probably straight gassed, but could be a seal.

Trying to fix it cheap since he is not going to do anything with it anyway.

 

[Saw Bones]

Problem is OEM does not fit the grooves in his piston. I have had that problem as well.

you may have to get a new piston with clips. Then you will be sure you have the correct ones.

 

[fidiro]

I'm not around saws alot but I've measured some at 1mm thick and some at .8mm

I think the thinner one(.80mm)was an oem mahle piston on a makita cutoff saw.

Your aftermarket piston probably uses a 1mm thick. Hope you find a set.

 

[JoshF]

take your piston to a good hardware store and show the old guy behind the counter what your looking for. my little bitty hardware store in town has a small cabinet of c clips

 

[splitpost]

Might not be a bad idea. I am thinking that this piston is one that I tried to install a year or so ago and the clips were fat with little spring, if you bent them enough to get in the groove they stayed bent, and I threw them away. I'm sure I put a Meteor in that saw.

This is a saw that belongs to my sisters BIL. Has some piston damage, but it still runs. Probably straight gassed, but could be a seal.

Trying to fix it cheap since he is not going to do anything with it anyway.

all the more reason to get it right,family members Biatch more than strangers

 

[pgg]

the C-CLIPS WILL BE ON The shelf packed between the B-clips and the D-clips

 

[ZeroJunk]

the C-CLIPS WILL BE ON The shelf packed between the B-clips and the D-clips

My eyes always skip to the double D's. Why I have had trouble finding them.