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Retaining ring for bandsaw wheel?
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 8:00 pm
by fgrule
The upper wheel shaft retaining ring or spring (old-style) that holds the upper wheel in place....it seems very fragile. Is it OK to replace it with a garden variety "snap ring"? I thought I'd pick up an assortment at Harbor freight or Northern tool if it will work OK. I see that Shopsmith refers to it as a "snap ring" in newer literature, so I'm assuming that it's the style with 2 small holes that come in internal and external styles and you use a tool to remove and install.
Thanks for answering another newbie question!
Fred
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:04 pm
by fgrule
Should have included these images. Can I use these in place of the original "spring"?
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Thanks!
Fred
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:18 pm
by reible
Hi,
These came yesterday from shopsmith.
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$.90 ea
Washer $.80
Ed
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:35 pm
by JPG
Never heard a 'c clip' described as fragile before!;)
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:35 am
by fgrule
[quote="JPG40504"]Never heard a 'c clip' described as fragile before!]
I wasn't referring to a "c-clip", but to the old style "wound" ring. I had read where folks had destroyed them during removal.
Now my wife thinks that she is fragile......hmmmm.
Fred
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:39 am
by fgrule
reible wrote:Hi,
These came yesterday from shopsmith.
[ATTACH]16896[/ATTACH]
$.90 ea
Washer $.80
Ed
Thanks for the photos,Ed. So it's an "e" clip, not a "c" clip. Gosh, the semantics involved in parts identification!
Wish I needed something else from SS so I could include these. But it seems like a very small purchase by itself with shipping and all. Guess I'll head to the borg today.
Fred
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 1:56 pm
by JPG
fgrule wrote:I wasn't referring to a "c-clip", but to the old style "wound" ring. I had read where folks had destroyed them during removal.
Now my wife thinks that she is fragile......hmmmm.
Fred
Guess I need to learn what a 'wound' ring is.
To me what is now sometimes referred to as an 'e' clip has always before been a 'c' clip.
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 3:19 pm
by bffulgham
JPG40504 wrote:Guess I need to learn what a 'wound' ring is.
To me what is now sometimes referred to as an 'e' clip has always before been a 'c' clip.
I ran into a 'wound ring' on something within the last several months.....can't remember on what, but it was a real PITA.
It's like a piece of a Slinky....a thin flat wound spring that snaps into the groove on the shaft. Course I always have problems with c/e clips pinging across the way when trying to work with them too.....
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 3:41 pm
by dforeman
Harbor Freight also has an assortment set of those E-Clips/C-Clips things.
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 4:06 pm
by SDSSmith
bffulgham wrote:I ran into a 'wound ring' on something within the last several months.....can't remember on what, but it was a real PITA.
It's like a piece of a Slinky....a thin flat wound spring that snaps into the groove on the shaft. Course I always have problems with c/e clips pinging across the way when trying to work with them too.....
There are two 'wound rings' in the Mark V headstock, one on each side of the drive sleeve.