"Tristan" (casselts)
05/22/2019 at 02:47 • Filed to: None
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"Tristan" (casselts)
05/22/2019 at 02:47 • Filed to: None | 0
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I thought I'd just go ahead and reseal the old gearbox and... well... n ot just one, but BOTH of the eyes were broken off of this snap ring. Ain't no way in hell that sonofabitch is coming out of there. I've already marred things up pretty well trying, so it may be time to accept defeat.
Future Heap Owner
> Tristan
05/22/2019 at 03:41 |
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Ugh, sounds annoying.
What’s a snap ring?
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Tristan
> Future Heap Owner
05/22/2019 at 03:46 |
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Soooooooo annoying...
Here’s a snap ring:
It’s supposed to have those little eyes on the ends so you can grab it and squeeze it with a pair of snap ring pliers:
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Future Heap Owner
> Tristan
05/22/2019 at 03:53 |
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Oh dang, that is very tantalizing. Right there, but out of grasp.
Any chance you could solder something to it?
Cé hé sin
> Tristan
05/22/2019 at 04:41 |
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Oh, a circlip!
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Tristan
05/22/2019 at 05:42 |
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flat screwdriver ftw?!?
Echo51
> Cé hé sin
05/22/2019 at 06:50 |
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Sweet child, many names. As a badly translated danish saying goes.
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Echo51
> Tristan
05/22/2019 at 06:51 |
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Like pip boy might be fishing at, get something under the tip and pry it out and up against the bore before the clip groove. might need to push something against the other end of it to avoid the clip just spinning when you’re trying to jam something behind it.
CalzoneGolem
> Tristan
05/22/2019 at 07:47 |
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Time to open the wallet
I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
> Tristan
05/22/2019 at 07:47 |
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Circlips are the WORST. Especially it you don’t have a set of circlip pliers.
66P1800inpieces
> Tristan
05/22/2019 at 08:28 |
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Two Harbor Freight picks? Hold one end with one pick, and pry up with the other.
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> 66P1800inpieces
05/22/2019 at 10:35 |
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This seems like the only way to get the clip out without further damage. If one end can be pried out then it should go, but the trick will be to keep the other end stationary. Yikes.
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Tristan
> 66P1800inpieces
05/22/2019 at 12:55 |
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I tried... Even with fawnceh snap-on picks. I tried and tried and tried. That sucker refuses to come out.
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Tristan
> Echo51
05/22/2019 at 12:57 |
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I spent about an hour and a half attempting this last night... It absolutely refuses to even think about coming out.
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Tristan
> pip bip - choose Corrour
05/22/2019 at 12:57 |
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Nope. It's a stubborn bastard.
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Tristan
> CalzoneGolem
05/22/2019 at 12:57 |
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Noooooooo!!!!!!!
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66P1800inpieces
> Tristan
05/22/2019 at 13:01 |
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1/8th drill bit to make a small hole on the meaty side, then try and pry it inward and slip a flathead under?
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Tristan
> 66P1800inpieces
05/22/2019 at 18:36 |
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Tried... It's impervious to my drill bits.
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66P1800inpieces
> Tristan
05/22/2019 at 19:54 |
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Spring steel is a pain. Cobalt bits are King!
You can pick up singles cheap on eE ay for $4-5 shipped.
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pip bip - choose Corrour
> Tristan
05/23/2019 at 05:07 |
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:(
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WhiskyTangoFoxtrot
> Tristan
05/23/2019 at 16:22 |
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Hold one end with a small blob of hot glue, then use a right angle pick to pry the other side inward. Use a precision slotted screwdriver to pry upwards until you can grab it with a pair of pliers.
Urambo Tauro
> Tristan
05/26/2019 at 16:30 |
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Sorry for the late reply. Reading some of the other comments here, I’m not sure that everyone understands that the clip is in a groove and cannot simply be pried up and out. Frankly, I’m just as stumped as you are.
Unless... if you could somehow cut it in the middle of the C... But with what? A sawzall? Anyway, you won’t be able to cut it in two pieces, but maybe if you can just weaken the middle enough to grab one of the ends with a small pick, it will bend and come out of that groove ?
RacinBob
> Tristan
05/28/2019 at 18:09 |
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How about using a small dremmel cuttoff wheel and slicing it down in the center, parallel to the ring. It’s 1 1/2 inch diameter so y ou may have to wear one down to fit and also y ou will need to stop the ring from spinning somehow and also you will need to put a rag in the hole to prevent chips from getting into the box but I would think it would work.
You may butcher part of the slot but the remaining 80% should hold the ring fine. I wouldn’t worry about the ring’s hardness, we cut a padlock off a trailer and it sliced it like butter.
