4Pcs Circlip Pliers set (7")

Name: 4Pcs Circlip Pliers set (7")
Brand: Harden
SKU: 560526

Item No. 560526

Price on request

This is a four-piece seven inch circlip plier set: one external straight jaw, one external bent jaw, one internal straight jaw and one internal bent jaw, all drop forged high carbon steel, high-frequency hardened, finely polished with an anti-rust black finish and comfortable dipped handles.

One thing should be said plainly. This set and item 560524 are listed in the catalogue with identical contents and identical specifications — same four pliers, same size, same material, same finish. We have not been able to establish from the catalogue what distinguishes them, and we would rather tell you that than invent a difference. If you are choosing between the two, ask us and we will compare what is actually on the shelf before you buy.

What the set does is straightforward and genuinely worth owning as a set. Circlips come in two opposite families and the tool has to match. An external clip sits in a groove around the outside of a shaft, holding a bearing or gear in place, and must be spread wider to clear — so an external plier opens its tips when you squeeze the handles. An internal clip sits in a groove inside a bore, holding a component into its housing, and must be squeezed smaller to clear — so an internal plier closes its tips when you squeeze. The motions are opposite, which is why one tool cannot do both.

Tip angle is the second variable and it is decided by access rather than by the clip. Straight tips approach head-on and suit an exposed shaft or an open bore. Bent tips come in at an angle and reach clips that are recessed, inside a housing, behind a flange, or on a shaft that cannot be approached from the front.

Since the machine decides which of the four combinations a job needs, owning one or two of them is how people end up unable to finish a strip-down.

The buyers are vehicle and motorcycle mechanics, engine and gearbox rebuilders, hydraulic and pump servicing, machinery and equipment fitters, and hardware dealers supplying workshops.

Wear eye protection: a circlip under tension that escapes the tips travels fast. Seat both tips fully home before squeezing. And deform the clip only as far as it needs to go — worked past its elastic limit it stays deformed and will no longer hold in its groove, so it must be replaced rather than refitted. Message us on WhatsApp for a price and for a comparison against 560524.