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Broken retainer clips

  • 12-03-2017 11:20am
    #1
    kudos73
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭


    Hoping someone can help me out here, changing a headlight in the car, and when I was undoing the screw/bolt the retaining clip broke.

    Problem is the retaining clip seems to have a round back rather than a nut.

    Anyone have an idea on how to remove the screw, as each time I untighten the round back just swivels with it.

    Any help with be appreciated.


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  • #2
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    kudos73 wrote: »
    Hoping someone can help me out here, changing a headlight in the car, and when I was undoing the screw/bolt the retaining clip broke.

    Problem is the retaining clip seems to have a round back rather than a nut.

    Anyone have an idea on how to remove the screw, as each time I untighten the round back just swivels with it.

    Any help with be appreciated.

    Have you full access to the back of it? If so get a small hack saw and cut a groove into it and then use a flat head screw driver to hold it while you undo the nut on the other end.


  • #3
    kudos73
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭kudos73


    Thanks, I'm thinking my best bet is trying to hold nut with a vice grips while trying to undo the nut not a hope of getting a hacksaw in behind and on the 'nut'


  • #4
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,091 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    kudos73 wrote: »
    Thanks, I'm thinking my best bet is trying to hold nut with a vice grips while trying to undo the nut not a hope of getting a hacksaw in behind and on the 'nut'

    Would a hacksaw blade on its own work?

    Not your ornery onager



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