Description
Overview:
The External Circlips, Sizes 12-25mm Assorted Box (250 pieces), is a practical selection of shaft retaining rings for securing components in a machined groove and preventing lateral movement. Made from heat-treated spring steel with a protective black finish, the clips offer strength, resilience, and dependable grip under vibration and load. The set covers common shaft diameters of 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, and 25mm, making it useful across construction plant, garden machinery, general engineering, and automotive repair. Each circlip features twin eyelets for use with standard external circlip pliers, allowing quick installation and removal without damaging the groove. Supplied in a compartmentalised storage box for tidy organisation, this is a workshop staple for maintenance and repair. Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 105 249.
Key Features:
- Assorted external circlips to suit 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, and 25mm shaft diameters
- 250-piece kit offers broad coverage for routine maintenance and repairs
- Heat-treated spring steel construction provides high tensile strength and resilience
- Durable black protective finish helps resist corrosion and wear in workshop conditions
- Positive retention in correctly machined shaft grooves to prevent axial movement
- Compatible with standard external circlip pliers for controlled fitting and removal
- Useful range for bearings, gears, sprockets, pulleys, and collars on rotating shafts
- Packed in a compartmentalised box for clear size selection and faster job turnaround
- Suitable for professional use and DIY tasks on plant, garden, and automotive equipment
- Reliable performance in high-vibration assemblies when installed to the correct groove size
Typical Applications:
Commonly used to locate bearings on shafts, retain gears and sprockets, hold pulleys and hubs in position, and secure spacers or collars. Suitable for mowers, compactors, pumps, tillers, small engines, power tools, and general machinery. Ideal for workshop servicing, on-site repairs, and equipment refurbishment where accurate axial retention is required.
Also known as:
External snap rings, shaft retaining rings, shaft circlips, external retaining clips, C-clips for shafts, spring steel retaining rings, external ring clips, shaft lock rings. These terms refer to the same style of external circlip that expands over a shaft and snaps into a groove to hold components in place.
Product Specifications
| L&S Part No. | 105 249 |
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| Unit of Sale | 1 |


