[s-cars] Ring/clip/spring that holds center caps on

[JC]

For a quicky fab, I'd fab from stainless welding rod, for both 
spring-quality and corrosion reasons.  I always steal a handful of 
various welding rod from my Dad when I visit just for these occasions, 
so I have a stash of various sizes.   Newer BMW cooling systems are 
famous for their snap-ring retained hose systems for which NONE of the 
snap rings are available on their own (only with a full hose assembly 
$$$) and every junkyard car has been stripped, so apparently the savvy 
trick is self-fabricating those as well.  When I had to do it for one, I 
didn't just do a horseshoe-clip style, but left tails that could be 
twisted together to really lock it in place, safety-wire style.  Don't 
really want your coolant hoses blowing off at speed due to a homebrewed 
retention clip.

On 2/2/2012 12:46 AM, Bill Mahoney wrote:
> Abe,
> I doubt Audi would have this as a separate part but I have been wrong once before.
> I needed a snap ring for a hubcentric spacer once and just used a length of coat hanger.
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