One of my wheel cylinders is leaking and I am in the process of putting a new one on. The only problem is that I can't get that clip out of the back of the wheel cylinder. I've tried regular needle nose pliers and curved needle nose pliers but they are too big to fit in the slots. Any tips or tricks to getting that clip out?

 

if you want to drive down to charleston i'll let you borrow my tool specially made to get those out, ha...for real though, before i knew they made a tool for those things i used 2 awls ( i think thats what they are called).