Floating Sheave Spring Retaining Ring

Ron309753 · Post by **Ron309753** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:02 pm

I am having a devil of a time getting the floating sheave spring retaining ring on my greenie to stay on. It's so misshapen now that I'll have to replace it. It there a trick to putting it on correctly? Has anyone used anything other than the ring to hold the spring on?

Sincerely,

Ron 309753

SDSSmith · Post by **SDSSmith** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:23 pm

Ron309753 wrote:I am having a devil of a time getting the floating sheave spring retaining ring on my greenie to stay on. It's so misshapen now that I'll have to replace it. It there a trink to putting it on correctly? Has anyone used anythng other than the stock ring to hold the spring on?

Sincerely,

Ron 309753

Do you have the roll pin in place in the end of the sheave that the spring snaps into? If not, it would be difficult to keep the spring in place.

Ron309753 · Post by **Ron309753** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:04 pm

I think we are talking about two different things. The spring I was refering to is the big spring on the motor shaft. The ring I was asking about keeps the spring on the shaft.

Sincerely,

Ron 309753

beeg · Post by **beeg** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:28 pm

Sounds like the C-Ring is bad or the groove it fits in is wornen.
Don't know if this PDF will help ya. But here it is.
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This PDF will help if ya let the sheave snap back against the other one.
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JPG · Post by **JPG** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:17 am

Has the c-clip become too 'open'? It should be snug in the groove on the shaft. You MAY be able to close it by carefully squeezing it. That would be a temporary fix. A new clip would be indicated.

Ron309753 · Post by **Ron309753** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 6:05 am

The greenie has a ring rather than a clip. The attached is what an abused retaining ring looks like.
Is part #501645 a ring or a clip? It appears in the online exploded diagrams to be a ring. I think that a clip would be easier to install.

Sincerely,

Ron309753

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:17 am

Ron309753 wrote:The greenie has a ring rather than a clip. The attached is what a misshaped retaining ring looks like.
Is part #501645 a ring or a clip? It appears in the online exploded diagrams to be a ring. I think that a clip would be easier to install.

Sincerely,

Ron309753

In either event, after looking at that pix, I would get a new one. I have not encountered any thing but a clip. External tab or a c-clip should work. About 1/2" nominal. The external tab would be better(maybe they are more accurately called a retaining ring).

I do not recall ever encountering that type spiral ring on the motor shaft.

judaspre1982 · Post by **judaspre1982** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:26 pm

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Ron309753 · Post by **Ron309753** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:03 pm

Thanks guys. I'll get a snap ring on the way home. At one time there was a page on this website that broke down the seial numbers by month. I couldn't find it, but if I remeber correctly 309753 was September, '55. I suppose my father-in-law could have replaced the snap ring with the spiral ring, but I doubt it.

Sincerely,

Ron309753

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 6:15 pm

Ron309753 wrote:Thanks guys. I'll get a snap ring on the way home. At one time there was a page on this website that broke down the seial numbers by month. I couldn't find it, but if I remeber correctly 309753 was September, '55. I suppose my father-in-law could have replaced the snap ring with the spiral ring, but I doubt it.

Sincerely,

Ron309753

It had to be there! I had a bit of difficulty locating it - but - finally. There have been some major changes to the web site. It'll take months to feel comfortable with it again.

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