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Thread: Wrist pin circlips question

  1. 01-25-2009, 04:08 PM #1
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    Wrist pin circlips question

    Why does Porsche use their dreaded circlips and not the VW clips that are much easier to install? I know a VW mechanic who has never seen nor heard of a circlip failure, even in high-revving drag engines.
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  2. 01-25-2009, 07:34 PM #2
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    Spiral Locks are the final answer. Circlips do and will come out.
    Race engines have also utilized teflon "buttons". I have some out of a short track roundy-round engine that did a whole season with them. Virtually no wear shown.

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