At  9/9/2008 05:53 PM, Rob wrote:
>Hello folks, I was putting a late model starter back together and
>the snap ring at
>the end took off.

Daryl from AA Transaxle sent me one (thanks Daryl!) and I go it back
on the shaft.
Putting the ring on and the cover over it was a pain in the butt...

For the archives.
After sliding the ring down the shaft and into the groove I slid the
cover up and over the part of the ring. I used an open end wrench to
apply even force to the cover and a pickle fork wedge to hold the
open wrench in place. I "tapped" the pickle fork with a very small
hammer and got 3/4 of the ring in the cover. I readjusted the
wrench/wedge to bring pressure on the part of the ring not in the
cover. With the pressure holding it together I used a small punch to
'tap' the ring and alternated with the wedge.
It finally went all together.

Rob
becida@comcast.net