Chainsaw Repair

I got a new Meteor piston the other day for my Dolmar 6800. It had the new "C" configured  circlips instead of the kind with the tabs bent on the ends.

I found it very difficult to get my arthritic fingers to install the new clips. Took me an hour and many tries to get the first one in the groove and that was inside the house at a desk with a good light. I was just not strong enough to get the job done. I felt that my strength was really failing these last few months? I couldn't remember the clips being that hard to install?

When I installed the piston on the chainsaw, I used one of the OEM Dolmar clips which looked identical. It went right in place and seated perfectly no problem.

So the moral to this story is that the new design Meteor circlips are really stiff.

Al Smith has some kind of homemade cir-clip   installer for those types.  There is also a very pricey installer sold too.

Might be in this thread.  http://chainsawrepair.createaforum.com/tools/more-home-made-stuff/

I could make those rings with tempered piano wire from the hobby shop.

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I wonder if you can buy clips in bulk some place .