🔒 Hilitchi 300-Pcs [15-Size] 304 Stainless Steel External Circlip Snap Retaining Clip Ring Assortment Set Review

They came with a thin piece of foam under the lid to keep the parts in their compartments. It did not work. I still had to spend about 30 minutes sorting everything.

Circlips sometimes evaporate while working. So the availability of the range solves this problem. It also saves time because I don't have to drive to the unit to get one that's gone. Should have had an assortment years ago.

These circlips, which are hard to find, are much stronger than the cheap Chinese metric thread circlips that are used everywhere these days. It's difficult to find metric snap rings at hardware stores. This is a large collection of clips so it will probably last me for a long time.

Cheap, that's right! As a last resort, work until you find true hardened snap rings. They are constantly flexing and losing their shape trying to stretch enough to snap and snap into the groove. In a word, DIRT! With first-class circlip pliers from Knipex, so no flimsy excuse for using the wrong tools.

I don't understand why the snap ring and E-clamp manufacturer doesn't understand that they need to be hardened to return to original size when used in the snap ring groove. None of them had been heat treated and they were unusable. I returned them. The e-clips weren't heat treated either. The lesson here is to buy from US suppliers.