'81 GS550T Mechanical Advance Unit Weight Clip Size

[Guest]

By any chance does anybody know the size of or if there is a part number for the small "c" clips used to hold the mechanical advance unit weights on their pivot posts?

Been having poor power / running issues that I finally troubleshot to a pretty gunked up advancer unit. Looks like water got in past the cover gasket and corroded things up a bit. Rotor shaft lube was more rust colored glue than anything resembling grease. Naturally when I removed the first little "c" clip, it shot off to parts unknown. Both clips are fairly corroded so I'm not sweating the loss since I was going to replace them anyway...just looking for size info since our local big box store doesn't carry anything that small.

Thanks in advance...no pun intended!

[bwringer]

No idea of the size, but you can order metric clips from McMaster-Carr; you'll get a bag of about a skrillion to your door fairly cheaply and quickly, likely next day depending on where you are. I've seen teensy-beensy clips in a VERY well-equipped hardware store, but never in metric.

If you don't have a set of metric or digital calipers, I can measure one in a few hours and report back...

[JoeMama]

Thanks for the clip source! I've got a metric caliper so I can measure the remaining old one. If they're cheap I can always go up a size / down a size and grab some extras to cover the bases and have some for a rainy day. Widget bin has gotten pretty depleted too.

[JoeMama]

Thanks again. McMaster had the size I need...100 for less then $4. Good websourse for a lot of oddball stuff!

[bwringer]

Now you can sell sets of advancer clips for fun-n-profit. Cover the cost of a stamp plus two bucks profit...

That's how it started for Mr. Barr of cycleorings.com fame. Now he can't escape his o-ring empire.