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Default Impossible snap ring, how to remove?

On Sat, 30 Sep 2017 03:29:34 -0000 (UTC), bob prohaska
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Ned Simmons wrote:

Try "face spanner."

The photos all seem to come up with round pins; did I miss something?

The gland nuts I'm dealing with have rectangular notches. Pins might
work, but they seem precarious.


A couple with square or rectangular pins:
https://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Proto.../dp/B001VXTV82
http://tinyurl.com/yd92oru6

I've made tools similar to the second example to reach bearing
locknuts in a recess where a hook spanner won't work.

Face spanners of a different sort:
http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/4baf2b5d64...ner-aktmyy.jpg
https://cdn4.i-scmp.com/sites/defaul...?itok=tu144kGF


The snap rings you pictured are often called Eaton rings, though most
I've encountered are hard.

Thanks, that's a term I've not encountered before.

bob prohaska


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