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  • EDFURCHE
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    • Dec 2016
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    #1

    retracts

    How to install a retract pin that requires a clip at the top? I don’t want to take the retract apart..
  • OV10
    >>>Twins are 2X the Fun<<< (Squawk Moderator)

    • Sep 2014
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    • Owego, NY
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    #2
    Originally posted by EDFURCHE
    How to install a retract pin that requires a clip at the top? I don’t want to take the retract apart..
    Unfortunately Ed you're gonna have to disassemble the etract if it is the standard style out there on the market with the e-clip set in a recess in the top of the trunnion.
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    • xviper
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      • Jan 2014
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      #3
      How did you get the old one out? Sometimes, if you are lucky and very skillful, the C-clip and be slid down the tiny space using a magnetized, thin bladed driver of some kind. If you can get it centered over the pin just so, and give if a firm push, you can get it to clip in. I've ever only done it once and it took an inordinate amount of my time. Most of us just take the thing apart. It's actually quicker that way than depending on luck.

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      • Alpha
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        • Feb 2015
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        #4
        When working on the clip, I recommend doing so with your hands in a large clear plastic bag or Ziploc bag, just in case it goes flying! I'll attach a small magnet on the outside of the bag and one on the inside of the bag, too.
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        • FLY BOY
          Flight Leader

          • Feb 2014
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          • Vancouver Washington
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          #5
          I agree, the best way is to take it apart. The plastic bag is an excellent idea!!! Wish I would of thought of that. I've always used a white mat and a magnet taped in the area against the clip Then pry towards the magnet very carefully.
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          • EDFURCHE
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            • Dec 2016
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            #6
            ok i figured itout. the retract already had the post in it. the gear had a post. i just removed the post from the gear!!
            Ok I'm old!!! Takes me awhile.

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            • EDFURCHE
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              • Dec 2016
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              #7
              What do you click to start a new topic?

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              • xviper
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                • Jan 2014
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                #8
                Originally posted by EDFURCHE
                What do you click to start a new topic?
                Go to the forum where you want your new topic to be. Near the top (left side) you'll see "new topic".

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