Circlip, External C Clips, Heavy Duty Retaining Rings, Retaining Ring Carbon Steel Stoppers, C-clip DIN471 with Grip Holes

Retaining Rings Retaining rings are metal fasteners that fit into a groove on a shaft or into a housing or bore to provide a shoulder that holds an assembly in place. The purpose of a retaining ring is to act as a shoulder to prevent the subcomponent or assemblies from exiting the shaft or housing bore, especially in mechanical power transmission assemblies. A circlip is a solid, thin, C-shaped metal ring that functions as a retaining fastener on shafts and inside circular bores to retain assembly parts. However, unlike a nut or bolt that screws onto a workpiece, a circlip or C-clip snaps into a circular groove inside a bore housing or onto the shaft. This is why it is called an elastic ring because it has a high tensile strength that causes it to snap into the radial groove and stay in place. Once the ring attachment rests properly in the groove, a portion of its circumference protrudes beyond a shoulder that secures the assemblies inside the housing or on the shaft. That's why circlips are also called retaining rings because they hold components in an assembly. External circlip Install outdoors on a tree Expand to install and remove Makes contact on its inner circumference Package includes: circlips