i am building a new axle for my sammi,after bending the old one and breaking a cv  yesterday.
i have added a truss to the long side and armoured the diff casing.
i have birfield rings to fit and plan to fit them to a pair of japanese birfs i have rather than the spanish ones that are fitted  which im told are weaker.
as we all know getting a birf off a shaft is a real pain,i want to know if i can fit my new birfs without the clips so it will be easy to change a shaft if i break one(the next weak link)

DO I REALLY NEED THE CLIP?