Ford Style Internal Circlips

[m4tti]

In the process of taking one of my calipers apart the circlip decided to ping me in the eye socket and disappear through to some other world. I can't seem to find an exact match online. Anyone any ideas where to source one? Its a Ford Cosworth Rear Caliper.

[Dave Brand]

Faced with a similar situation at a time when all the dealer spares departments were closed I took the caliper to a local engineering supplier & found a circlip which, while not identical to the original, did the job. That car did another 40,000 miles with no further problems.

. . . & somewhere in my garage there's still a circlip lurking!

[E-bmw]

Is that not an external circlip?

[m4tti]

E-bmw said:

Is that not an external circlip?

Funny you should say that. Thats what I thought when I took it out, but thats what fitted to the bores on both rear callipers.. I could only surmise the tabs protruding out slightly forces a sight gap between the ring and the bore allowing it to be prised out, in the absence of deep circlip pliers.

[E-bmw]

I have to admit I have seen internal circlips with the cut outs before, and I have seen internal circlips with the circlip plier holes before.

In 30+ years I have never seen both!

If I were to come across that in that position, I would be saying the wrong one had been fitted.

I could be wrong as I haven't opened up one of these before.

[m4tti]

Dave Brand said:

Faced with a similar situation at a time when all the dealer spares departments were closed I took the caliper to a local engineering supplier & found a circlip which, while not identical to the original, did the job. That car did another 40,000 miles with no further problems.

. . . & somewhere in my garage there's still a circlip lurking!

It came out at such a rate and hit me in the eye, it was one of those occasions where I opened my eye lid very slowly afterwards hoping that the vision was still good. After impacting my head it seemed to stay air born for about a second, until that tinkling sound of the landing was heard..