Snap ring requirement on new driveshaft

[Davidmb]

Ordered part number 1KO 407 271 CP 

 

In installation guide to the BGA driveshaft it states: 'Always Use a New Snap Ring to manufacturers specification' 

 

Does this mean I have to replace the one already fitted with a new Skoda Snap ring?

 

If so is there a tool as my circlip pliers were useless on the old one. Got it off on a vice and flathead...but how to put back on as experiment. No way touch new yet... Mmmmm gearbox oil residue. What a joke. 

 

Anyway I ordered the clips, as cheap, but do they really need to go on? 

 

Looking a the driveshat bolts are they really one shot. Look more like alloy than steel? 

 

Lots of question trying to figure this out as a hobbiest... Have I bet on the right horse lol. 

 

 

 

 

[Davidmb]

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