how to remove the circlips of my M93R?

yellow · Subject: how to remove the circlips of my M93R? Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:15 pm

It seems very easy to remove the circlips (see red arrow on the picture), but I've already tried it a few times, and I always fail to remove it! I've already bought a special tool for it, but it still seems to be impossible.
Has anyone done it before??
[img=http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2856/93r.th.jpg]

2Sharp · Subject: Re: how to remove the circlips of my M93R? Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:12 pm

Buy the proper pliers.

It is worth the cost as it saves you from being mad when they fly all over the room Smile

If you only plan to use it while occasionally disassemble your model gun you could buy the cheapest one you find as you won't wear it out.
You should be able to find in any hardware shop...

yellow · Subject: Re: how to remove the circlips of my M93R? Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:35 pm

That is the special tool I was talking about, only mine was closed in the normal position and I had to pull the 'legs' of the pliers away from each other to open the teeth of the pliers. The shop also had the version which you show, but then the teeth couldn't get close enough to each other to fit in the circlips.

8ace · Subject: Re: how to remove the circlips of my M93R? Thu Aug 20, 2009 7:39 am

Hi

These are similar to my ones which are designed for both internal and external circlips Very Happy

http://www.toolspot.co.uk/product/4pc-budget-snap-ring-plier-changeable-heads

But I have had difficulty with really really small clips.

If all else fails you could remove the circlip (by any means necessary) and replace it with a new one.

8ace

yellow · Subject: Re: how to remove the circlips of my M93R? Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:13 am

Hi 8ace

Wish I had found something like that, really cheap as I've spent 17€ (about 14£) for my stupid pliers that doesn't do the job. Think I need to search a little more, but as I said, the problem is that the teeth of most pliers don't come close enough to each other to fit in the circlips.

Anyway, thanks four your help guys.

The reason I want to remove it, is that I have bought a cheap 'AUTO9' airsoft gun (no KSC), from which the extended barrel can be taken off. Now off course I want to try if it fits my KSC 93R. I've also seen that there already is a thread about trying this with the KSC airsoft AUTO9, but I guess no one actually tried it besides modelguncollector.co.uk, but I don't think I will get any help there Very Happy

smootik · Subject: Re: how to remove the circlips of my M93R? Thu Aug 20, 2009 12:00 pm

yellow wrote:

The reason I want to remove it ...

Somehow when I saw your picture, I knew what you were trying to do ;-)
I got stuck on that circlip too... as often it is a matter of having the right tools for the job, at the very least to avoid damaging your model.
As far as I can tell KSC Auto9 parts (slide extension) do not fit without modifications:
- cutting grooves on the dust cover (front of frame), or filing off those parts from slide extension,
- cutting off front sight from slide, or creating a groove for it in extension,
- reusing rear sight (it should fit),
- reusing grips (I have not tried that).

Apart from KSC Auto9 (GBB) there were also MGC and Maruzen (both gas NBB), as well as cheapo electric (with slightly different shape and mounting of slide extension) replicas.