[John McM]

I sacrificed a new Porsche circlip to test the 23mm Stomski tool deformation.

Even at the most minimal insertion required to hold the circlip there is deformation, however the circlip nevertheless appears to seat satisfactorily in the channel.

Given the likely grief in getting a 23mm circlip in manually and the nature of the forces on the circlip in operation I'll accept the risk that the circlip is deformed using this too.

Thanks for bringing this up. I wonder what Stomski's view is?