"bob prohaska" wrote in message
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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.

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

Thre are or were several good used tool and machinery stores around
here but I've never seen the type of spanner wrench you need in them.
I always had to make the tools I needed to disassemble second-hand
hydraulic components (and military radios).

The special tools for working on vehicles are a similar situation. I
bought the cased set of engine tools for my truck at the auction of a
closed dealership and have welded and machined others as needed, like
flywheel holders for tightening the crankshaft nut. The factory shop
manual shows how to make some of them. Apparently demand exceeds
availability.

Fortunately Maytag tub nut spanners aren't expensive:
https://www.amazon.com/Maytag-Whirlp...Spanner+Wrench
-jsw