Can't Get My IMS Bearing Out!

[nuvolari]

Will this retaining clip work with the OEM bearing? It looks quite wide/deep. The clip that came out of my car is basically a cylindrical wire that fits in the groove on the bearing. It is very thin and basically looks like thin steel wire (see pic below) and the groove in the bearing does not look deep enough to provide the needed clearance when installing the bearing.







Might be able to use thin wire and make my own but that sounds a bit of a pain and risky.
To those of you who used a new NSK bearing (elgyqc homeoboxter and others,) did you reuse your old circlip?

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[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by nuvolari

Will this retaining clip work with the OEM bearing? It looks quite wide/deep. The clip that came out of my car is basically a cylindrical wire that fits in the groove on the bearing. It is very thin and basically looks like thin steel wire (see pic below) and the groove in the bearing does not look deep enough to provide the needed clearance when installing the bearing.







Might be able to use thin wire and make my own but that sounds a bit of a pain and risky.
To those of you who used a new NSK bearing (elgyqc homeoboxter and others,) did you reuse your old circlip?

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No, it won't work, one is a wire clip, the one in your photo is a circlip and way to large to fit between the factory bearing and the tube.

[Homeoboxter]

Originally Posted by nuvolari

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To those of you who used a new NSK bearing (elgyqc homeoboxter and others,) did you reuse your old circlip?

Yes, I reused the original cir-/wire clip, as mine wasn`t damaged. The bearing I used was different from the factory NSK bearing, I actually used two bearings and machined the groove on one of them at the same exact position as the original.