Mini-T E Clips

[joatham]

I've just got a bag of e clips for the Mini-T to replace one which has fallen out from the suspension pin (or might never have been there in the first place).

Now these things are tiny! I thought the ones on my 1/10th buggies and tourers were fiddly enough, but these are less than half the size (about 3mm outside diameter).

Does anyone know the best way of fitting these, as I'm not sure the normal methods I employ (thin pliers, small screwdriver and cursing a lot) will work. Is there a special tool to put on teensy e-clips?

[Dave G]

lol i just push them on with my finger...but then again i dont have babysoft skin ;)

push them on as far as you can with finger then needle nose pliers or something flat like a blade screwdriver

[joatham]

My fingers are too fat and fumbly ::) I tried that method, but normally end up with a cut finger and an e-clip somewhere the other side of the room! I'll give it a go though, I've only got 1 I need to replace, and there's 10 in the bag, so plenty of chances to try again if I lose one.

[Doughty]

I too noticed that I am missing one.. dont suppose you have the part number of the bag of clips do you? ::)

just a small flat 'watch' screw driver seems to work for me. though i do have 'precision' hands lol ;D

[Doomanic]

That's funny, I thought you just went "Daaad, fix this!" ;D

[Doughty]

That's funny, I thought you just went "Daaad, fix this!" ;D


::)

I will take it like a man and not delete the above post! :P

Things have changed now... I spanner from time to time

My daughter does most of the work on my Mini-T, she loves it!

[joatham]

I too noticed that I am missing one.. dont suppose you have the part number of the bag of clips do you? ::)

just a small flat 'watch' screw driver seems to work for me. though i do have 'precision' hands lol ;D

Losi part number is LOSB 1043 (E-Clip bag). There's 10 of them in there, and they are not too expensive. My LHS ordered them on Monday and they arrived on Thursday, so availability isn't a problem, which was comforting to know..

[joatham]

I see that Tamiya make a special tool for e-clips, but it's not small enough for those teensy Mini T ones. I wonder if anyone else does one, cos they were as fiddly as anything to do by hand!