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Originally Posted by Rich D
There's a right and wrong way around for the circlip to sit. Not easy to see. One edge has a flat to it. It should be almost impossible to turn the circlip once it's installed. I had similar trouble. It slips out of the groove. The "sprung" steel they are fabricated from doesn't seem that springy  . It's easy to compress then out of shape when you are installing them. I used to remove mine with circlip pliers but install it without then or it would put the clip out of shape. Once it's built right then they are reliable but can be fiddly for sure. |
So the new diff arrived today, and all is fine with the car, so thats good...
the Circlip was installed the ring way so the shear sharp edge is facing against the grove, so it does not slip out....
but the circlip will still spin easily within the outdriver which is different to what Simon Moss says in his vid, still not seeing how this could make the diff slip, unless the circlip has displaced out of the grove and removed the spring preload....
I also greased both sides of the 18mm washers, as per both intructions and vid.... really scratching my head on this one, thinking it must be mechanical wear...
