Help with clip removal please.

*Rich*

*Rich*

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Morning all, could anybody help?

I need to remove this clip holding the air intake pipe on, but unsure what tool i need and what it's called.

If anyone could also link me to something i could buy that would be great.

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Thanks, Rich
 
These types of clips are what's commonly referred to as "an arse". Essentially mangle it off, and replace it. There's no style or grace in getting these off, and they will be mangled beyond use when re-fitting.

Start by straightening the little tab that sticks through the slot and work from there, with varying sizes of flat blade screwdriver!

You'll likely be able to replace it with a standard jubilee clip style band, rather than the awful OEM type.
 
There is a tool that does the job really easily (I have one) It looks a bit like a pair of pliers with dissimilar jaws (You use it one way round to undo the clip, the other way round to do it up again). Unfortunately I cannot remember what it is called. Keep looking, you will find it eventually.:)
 
It does look like they would go on the clip and open it in some weird way, but unsure if they are right...damn cars!

Rich.
 
Absolutey, it's only a plastic air box.

Even a cheap jubilee would probably do the job, but just buy a decent one anyway. Julilee's can have some serious strength in them, but the cheaper ones can start to skip teeth when you try to tighten them too much. Buy as this is just to seal a plastic connection you'll be fine.

Boost pipes etc are held on by jubilee clips and there is good pressure through there
 
That doesn't look like one of those BMW coolant type clips that you have to mangle off and replace with a jubilee.

To me it look like the ones where you just use a flat head and the teeth pop off and go over the ridge so it releases. Then to be back on you use waterpump pliers to bring the teeth back over the ridge.

On an air intake they wouldn't use the mangle off type of coolant hose clip.
 
*Rich* said:
Thanks for replies so far, would like to be able to re-use the original clip if possible.

Are these the right pliers?

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http://www.jhmbuttco.com/acatalog/info_VS1664.html

Thanks, Rich.
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Those look about right, I have a pair of Laser brand pliers that work well.

People that moan about these and advocate mangling them simply don't have the correct tools (or maybe knowledge) to open them. If you are careful it's quite possible to open these without damage using a large pair of side cutters, or a nail pincers but it's very fiddly so the correct pliers are a good investment if you regularly DIY stuff on cars.

Jubilee clips do not make a good replacement on plastic airbox hoses like this, since it's very easy to over-tighten a jubilee type clip and distort the plastic, I've seen this many times, especially on air flow meters and plastic throttle bodies when someone thinks they know better than the car manufacturer.
 
These work by going on loose and then tightening by crimping the raised loop together. Replace with jubilee for sure. You could bodge and re-use, but it'll be far cheaper to pop to Halfords or a motor factors and buy a big jubilee clip.

You shouldn't re-use this type of clip due to metal fatigue (cold working). Oetiker clips are much the same and are all over BMWs.
 
Thanks for the input guys, gonna attempt to get these off sometime in the next week, just trying to prepare.

Rich.
 
Had the same clip on my intake, after many minutes scratching my head I called my dad over to see if he had come across them before. 5 seconds with a flathead screwdriver and it popped off. Getting it back on was a case of lining it up by hand and using a pair of pliers to close it enough to clip back into place. Wasn't nearly as much hassle as it looked initially
 
iaind said:
Had the same clip on my intake, after many minutes scratching my head I called my dad over to see if he had come across them before. 5 seconds with a flathead screwdriver and it popped off. Getting it back on was a case of lining it up by hand and using a pair of pliers to close it enough to clip back into place. Wasn't nearly as much hassle as it looked initially
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Na matey, these people want to mangle it instead :rolleyes:
 
Depending on the angle of the clip they can be a real bottom ache to undo, this is the correct tool for the job. They are perfectly reusable with the right tool.

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MatteH Oxford said:
Depending on the angle of the clip they can be a real bottom ache to undo, this is the correct tool for the job. They are perfectly reusable with the right tool.

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that is for the horrible springy clips, not the sort in the OP.

Mind, I can see the technical advantage in the springy clips. It is just that there never seems to be quite enough free play in them to slide them away from the connection easily and they invariably seem to be installed at an angle (Presumably while assemblies are still on the production line and not yet installed in the vehicle) that makes them impossible to access for removal even if you do have the correct tool! :mad:
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They take the sort of clip in the OP off (and refit them) perfectly as they have the slot cut into them to get the clip over the "hump", I have a pair and have used them on my Alfa which has numerous clips of the exact same type.
 
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