[Vwdiesel] specs of making an exhaust C Clip wedge tool

[drew]

I use this tool with some regularity and success (the muffler clamp
version, not the Hazet version.)

Some tips:

if you have access to a welder weld a flat bar about .25" wide across the
bottom of the U in the muffler clamp - this helps to keep the clamp seated
in the C-clip.  If you don't have a welder, grind a flat spot.  No welder
or grinder?  Beat a flat spot into it with a hammer... :)  Use some
washers behind the nuts as they will get chewed up if used repeatedly
against the clamp.

Drew



On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Roger Brown wrote:
> PAUL ENGLE wrote:
> >
> > Can anyone end me a spec or dimention on how to make a C Clip removal /
> > install wedge tool? I know it can be done and one of you guys probably
> > already made one. I can't afford the real tool. Thanks for the help
>
> I posted this to the VW Pickups list a week or so ago:
>
> > Peter Kreutzfeldt wrote:
> > >
> > > Somebody on the list some time ago mentioned that they made an exhaust
> > > clamp tool that would remove the C clamp easily.  Anyone know whom I'm
> > > talking to and did anyone save the file etc.
> >
> > Here's some info:
> >         http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=580342
> >
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Drew MacPherson - '84 Wolfsburg Edition Scirocco TurboDiesel