Pacman shaped nuts

[armyash]

Do you know the sort I mean?

I have only come across them once, on a replacement motor for a Grundfoss saniflo type thing. They were used to secure the cable to the motor. I had to remove the cable from the new pump and re-use the old one as the one in place was chased in the wall and run through boxing so it made sense time wise.

I was able to undo these nuts using a flat head and twisting them off but not without it slipping and giving me a inch long gash. Is there a specific tool for these some sort of spanner?

I was lucky using the screwdriver actually worked but its not ideal.

Any help appreciated thanks.

 

[rpm]

Googled pacman so based on the picture could you mean a C or an E-clip, roughly 2mm thick?

 

[REDSAW]

long nosed pliers, squeeze and push them out.

 

[gasmanrob]

Like a spring clip situation like what holds fans in place over the rubber mountings?

 

[rpm]

Like a spring clip situation like what holds fans in place over the rubber mountings?

That`s what I`m thinking. Know them as anti-tamperproof washers/fixings.

 

[Masood]

Do you mean circlips? In which case you need circlip pliers. You can get internal and external ones.

Like these?

Circlips and Retaining Rings Manufactured in the UK

 

[rpm]

Do you mean circlips? In which case you need circlip pliers. You can get internal and external ones.

Like these?

Circlips and Retaining Rings Manufactured in the UK

The E clip there is one I was thinking of the other is an outside ring with "long teeth" that are sprung loaded inwards which often grip in a groove

 

[armyash]

Not circlips, I have circlip pliers.

I will try to find a picture.

It looks like a smooth round nut with a bite out of it.

 

[armyash]

 

[armyash]

It's the nuts that secure the cable on this if anyone is familiar.

 

[rpm]

It's the nuts that secure the cable on this if anyone is familiar.

I should be that`s the KP range but haven`t touch one in years

 

[armyash]

The nuts were surprisingly easy to get off but that wont always be the case, there must be something.

 

[SimonG]

My nuts are more eleptical 🙂

 

[rpm]

Even with a clear head all I can remember is 2 nuts and I used a long reach socket on them so guess they changed sometime. Could always isolate at the fused spur and at the fuse box then cut and join the cables with a proper IP68 cable connector which is what I often do.