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    Go to Sears at Gwinnett Place. I bought some there a few months ago.
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    I just broke the snap rings and got news ones, that will make life alot easier for you!


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    Quote Originally Posted by B18c1Turboed
    I just broke the snap rings and got news ones, that will make life alot easier for you!
    well thats exactly what i did lol i just used a pick set i got from harbor freight to break them out, (the old ones)

    and now its a bitch to get the new ones in... the inner ones are hard as fuck with this ghetto ass tools I got, the compressor side one i got in on a fluke heh

    But yeah i'm going to go check out sears today

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    Just do what i did to reinstall them. Use those pics you can buy from autozone and PRY them toghter then push it in the turbo and it will slide down into its spot!


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    Quote Originally Posted by B18c1Turboed
    Just do what i did to reinstall them. Use those pics you can buy from autozone and PRY them toghter then push it in the turbo and it will slide down into its spot!
    sounds like its worth a shot

    what kind of picks are you talking about, i got some picks from harbor freight heres a pic:


    they are just like that 4 peices.

    i'm going to give it a try, i might need another straight one though.

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    Yup those are it!!

    naw those will work just fine, use the straight and the 45 degree one!!


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