Piston pin circlips reusable?

[dibbons]

Any problem reusing factory style circlips in a low compression factory style 340 piston with full-floating pins? (not trying to be cheap, just want an honest opinion for a street build motor) Thank you.

 

[Daves69]

Not that I've done it but I'm thinking after a bunch of heat / cool cycles can they be trusted to retain their tension?

 

[GeorgeH]

big negative

 

[yellow rose]

Replace them. Way too cheap to even bother. And if one gets out it a bear to fix the damage.

 

[Marcohotrod]

they don't get very hot, not a highly stressed part, the federal mogul part number is LR-186 for a pack of 4

 

[nm9stheham]

Replace them. Way too cheap to even bother. And if one gets out it a bear to fix the damage.

Yes... why risk bad block damage for this tiny part?

 

[Marcohotrod]

what if the originals are made in usa and the replacements are made in china

 

[JBurch]

What does the FSM say about reuse/replace during a rebuild???

 

[jos51700]

what if the originals are made in usa and the replacements are made in china

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