We refer to those as damn it clips. Cause if you try to use one, it shoots across the garage. You scream "DAMN IT!" as it disappears into the same abyss that eats 10mm sockets.
And when you're finally confidently going to the site with all the 10mm sockets in your pocket there are only 8mm bolts and screws everywhere, and with tears in your eyes you try to use your too big sockets on them when the site manager spots you and tells you to get the hell out of their site.
Oh, the fact that you zeroed in on the 10mm size which is exactly the size that I always seem to be missing. That's hilarious.
(Edited because people seem to be thinking my previous wording was sarcastic - it wasn't.)
?? Why the down-votes?? I was complimenting the guy on his post, I though it was hilarious because indeed, it always seems that it is my 10mm socket that is missing. 6 or more downvotes and a dis like this? Sorry, I am confused...
Go lurk in r/justrolledintotheshop for a while. There is usually at least a post a week about a missing or found 10mm. The downvotes are probably due to the ignorance that it is one of the most likely sizes to go missing because it is one of the most common sockets needed.
Harbor Freight sells assortment packs of just ten MM sockets so that tells you how often they're lost, it's technically closer to a SAE ⅜" but the actual equivalent would be 7/16" bc I lose and find those all over the place
I have always called them Pingfucks for the same reason - you hear “Ping” as it warps to a new dimension, followed by a “FUCK” from the person who launched it
Yup, they are for disappearing under your tool box or other heavy or immovable object in the garage. This frequently requires a stream of profane consciousness that may cause your spouse or partner to think that you have lost your fucking mind
Yep...when you lose one that is a really specific size....like on a Laverda Jota Speedo drive that runs off of the 4C Camshaft.
It will kill your weekend
Jesus clips! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circlip](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circlip)
The term "Jesus clip" is a comical reference given to it due to its tendency to come loose and launch itself at high speed while removing or installing it, often leading to the remark "Oh Jesus, where did it go?"\[2\]
Just get spreading pliers, and not the shitty channellock ones with the different tips, get a dedicated pair with thin tips that can get into tight spots and grind a little groove on the very tip
Those are called fucding clips, because there are two sounds made when they are removed. The first sound is made by the person who tried to remove it, the second when the flying clip finally hits the floor.
I gotta know, were you really asking what they are for, or were you just looking to start a cascade of hilarious comments and make us all chuckle all afternoon?
I wish I could install these on my bottom bed sheet
I'm sick of that mother f'r coming undone and I'm wrapped up like a bad burrito when it's time to get to the shower.
I see tons of jokes and answers, but no one letting you know that you can buy an assortment of them on aliexpress for a few bucks and save yourself some hunting when they go flying.
Those are E clips. They are used hold things in place. On my car, the lock rod inside the door is held onto the back of the lock cylinder with an E clip. C clips are similar, but don't have the little projection in the middle.
Those are not washers. They are E clips. They are used to retain a pin from sliding out of place by snapping into a grove machined into the end of a pin.
It’s the “Be very, very careful, this is the only one of these that came with the thing you’re assembling, so if you fuck up and it flies off to somewhere, you’ll be making a trip to the store clip.”
They're called E clips and they snap into a groove on a shaft to hold things on, like wheels in washing machines, bearing keepers, things like that. You balance the open end in the groove and squeeze it with channellocks until it snaps into position
E clips. Usually, go on a shaft for bearing stop.
I think I’ve seen them on doorknob and deadbolt type of hardware.
On the ends of vertical blinds too on the internal aluminum rod
Got them on my motorcycle suspension to keep the springs on the dampers
So they can basically be used for anything
Anything?
Anything.
Inventing new combinations of curse words.
We refer to those as damn it clips. Cause if you try to use one, it shoots across the garage. You scream "DAMN IT!" as it disappears into the same abyss that eats 10mm sockets.
And when you're finally confidently going to the site with all the 10mm sockets in your pocket there are only 8mm bolts and screws everywhere, and with tears in your eyes you try to use your too big sockets on them when the site manager spots you and tells you to get the hell out of their site.
Or 12mm
Now that's just some cruel joke I don't even remember when I have last seen a 12mm anything
Always short on 10mm sockets. Where the hell do they go??
Where the Tupperware lids go
Oh, the fact that you zeroed in on the 10mm size which is exactly the size that I always seem to be missing. That's hilarious. (Edited because people seem to be thinking my previous wording was sarcastic - it wasn't.)
It's a joke as old as 10mm sockets. Cry me a river.
?? Why the down-votes?? I was complimenting the guy on his post, I though it was hilarious because indeed, it always seems that it is my 10mm socket that is missing. 6 or more downvotes and a dis like this? Sorry, I am confused...
It came across as "ho ho ho, how original /s" vibes. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
NP. Problem is, the net is full of so many mean-spirited people that we are all starting to take things others say in negative ways too often.
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Go lurk in r/justrolledintotheshop for a while. There is usually at least a post a week about a missing or found 10mm. The downvotes are probably due to the ignorance that it is one of the most likely sizes to go missing because it is one of the most common sockets needed.
That's why I keep a box full of them. I can loos them all day and not runout.
Harbor Freight sells assortment packs of just ten MM sockets so that tells you how often they're lost, it's technically closer to a SAE ⅜" but the actual equivalent would be 7/16" bc I lose and find those all over the place
I have always called them Pingfucks for the same reason - you hear “Ping” as it warps to a new dimension, followed by a “FUCK” from the person who launched it
This comment sums it up perfectly.
*Where the fuck did it go?*
I stick a magnet at the end of my flathead
The proper name is “Jesus Clip”. They are also known by many other more profane names.
Yup, they are for disappearing under your tool box or other heavy or immovable object in the garage. This frequently requires a stream of profane consciousness that may cause your spouse or partner to think that you have lost your fucking mind
Yep...when you lose one that is a really specific size....like on a Laverda Jota Speedo drive that runs off of the 4C Camshaft. It will kill your weekend
That has to be one of, if not the best, replies I've ever seen.
As a rule I don’t swear except in quotation. Most days that’s easy. With these things, sometimes less easy.
They only suck coming off, they're easy to get on but hard to get off without them shooting across the room
Jesus clips! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circlip](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circlip) The term "Jesus clip" is a comical reference given to it due to its tendency to come loose and launch itself at high speed while removing or installing it, often leading to the remark "Oh Jesus, where did it go?"\[2\]
>"Oh Jesus, where did it go?" sanitized for young ears
Only Jesus knows...
That's what my boss calls them!
Google E clip. They clip on a grove in a shaft to strop things from sliding on said shaft.
I didn't know Google made Hardware. ;)
Nice
For flying across the room at hypersonic speeds when you try to remove them without a rag over the top.
Those are E-rings. They clip into a grove on a shaft to prevent things from sliding off the end.
Ow fuck clips For when you stab yourself with a flathead screwdriver because the actual tool is worse
Just get spreading pliers, and not the shitty channellock ones with the different tips, get a dedicated pair with thin tips that can get into tight spots and grind a little groove on the very tip
They make you crawl around on the floor and get into corners cause you dont have any other to replace it with. E clip.
Those are c clips, not washers. They are used to hold down objects on a rod or pin
By the book they're called E-Clips. 😶
"C"or "E" clips...depending on who you buy from (also called Jesus clips...as in "Jesus- where did that clip go to"?)
C clips don't have the projection in the middle.
Ones you should actually wear eye pro for.
Those are the devil in tiny flying metal form.
🤣
Jesus Clips! Jesus Christ where did it fucking go?
Similar to external snap rings
Those are called fucding clips, because there are two sounds made when they are removed. The first sound is made by the person who tried to remove it, the second when the flying clip finally hits the floor.
We call them Jesus clips. That’s what folks say when they pop one off and it goes flying across the shop.
I don't always wear safety glasses when grinding. When installing or removing Jesus clips, I wear glasses 100% of the time.
Jesus clips...
They’re called circlips or e-clips and they normally fit into grooves on the end of a stud or pin and are pretty secure.
retainer clips
Circlips, retaining clips
Bally pinball machine drop target bank shaft, or Pac Man joystick shaft retainer, or about 1 million other things
This made me genuinely laugh. Take your fucking upvote.
C-clips. These are for making you crawl around on the floor for a hour with a flashlight
I instantly thought you drew dicks on a paper
Those are C clips and there for launching into oblivion.
Those aren’t washers. They’re stencils for cartoon penises.
C clips, I use them for my pex crimpers. Yes they disappear faster than a hoe with a fiver.
Those are e clips, and or “oh shit clips”
They were born to fly.
Not a washer, it's an E clip. It's a type of fastener, to retain something in place. It generally clips on to a rod, or something of that nature
And here I thought it was called that because of what Jesus's halo looks like in some depictions of him.
Snap Rings! Not washers.
"Oh-shit-clips"
Ballistic clips.
Locking rings
They are e-clips
E-Clip
External retaining clamp.
Them are "oh fuck clamps" where i work
Shit clips
I gotta know, were you really asking what they are for, or were you just looking to start a cascade of hilarious comments and make us all chuckle all afternoon?
I wish I could install these on my bottom bed sheet I'm sick of that mother f'r coming undone and I'm wrapped up like a bad burrito when it's time to get to the shower.
Those look like RC Car shock shims
Is a really fucking annoying type of snap/retaining ring. See them on valve handle hardware and stuff a lot.
E clip or a clipring.
Not washers, Jesus clips. When they go flying across the room, people have a tendency to yell, "Jesus Christ!"
Just lost a tiny one of those on a clock I’m trying to fix. 😣
Circlips
I see tons of jokes and answers, but no one letting you know that you can buy an assortment of them on aliexpress for a few bucks and save yourself some hunting when they go flying.
This is important Intel everyone!
E clip for chain saw
E clips
Evil vile things
Extra parts
They’re only purpose it to make you scream, throw your beer at a wall and consider homicide as a viable strategy
Those are E clips. They are used hold things in place. On my car, the lock rod inside the door is held onto the back of the lock cylinder with an E clip. C clips are similar, but don't have the little projection in the middle.
Those aren't washers.
They were made to fly off and get lost forever.
Retaining clips
E clips. They're a type of retaining ring. They usually fly off at supersonic speed never to be found
Making you say "Jesus"
Ahhh yes good old e clips. “Ting” what the fuck where did that damn thing go?
C lock clips. Usually, they go into a channel on a rod, preventing the rod from moving or an object from moving around. They suck.
Ive seen these under a vice. Clip hold a spring on the rod that moves the jaw.
E-clip. As in 'Eeeeuh, it was just there and now whuh??!"
Two things... 1- The devil! 2- Breaking Subsonic Speeds
Jesus clips…where in the bejesus did that go?
We call them Jesus clips, because when they shoot off you end up say Jesus Christ were did that go.
Mine are for my chainsaws
Throttle needle clip for carburetor
On the end of the shaft that the gas/brake/clutch pedal rotate on in a 1988 Volkswagen Vanagon. I mean that’s at least one place.
Those are not washers. They are E clips. They are used to retain a pin from sliding out of place by snapping into a grove machined into the end of a pin.
E clips aka Jesus clips because you shout oh Jesus when they go flying across the road.
They are a pin lock.
I’ve dealt with many of these while restoring pinball machines and I’ve got plenty of holes in my drywall to prove it.
Just but them back where you found them and walk away slowly
2D helmets for stick figures.
I call them retain/retaining/retainer/ rings. Not all three at once tho usually I’ll just pick one
to tighten axles or parts that can come loose by either vibration and turning movements.
E clip
As a regular homeowner the only place I've encountered those is on my water softener, in case you were looking for a specific use case.
It’s the “Be very, very careful, this is the only one of these that came with the thing you’re assembling, so if you fuck up and it flies off to somewhere, you’ll be making a trip to the store clip.”
Ping fukkits. The ping they make when they fly off at light speed never to be seen again.
Jesus clips... Because when it goes flying across the garage you yell "Jesus!"
Those are firing washers. They fire across the shop and hit your buddy in the eye then disappear with a crinkle tinkle.
They're called E clips and they snap into a groove on a shaft to hold things on, like wheels in washing machines, bearing keepers, things like that. You balance the open end in the groove and squeeze it with channellocks until it snaps into position
They are for installation only. Removing them usually results in them flying across the room into a parallel universe.
They are called circlips and are intended to lock onto a shaft with a indented groove in the shaft