pto shaft difficult snap rings

[RJ IN WYO]

re plaseing oil seal on my 51 8n. the last one i did i had trouble removing the large snap rings. pry with screwdriver and a lot of cussing is there a easie way or a large pair of snap ring pliers that arent expensive. it maybe my mechanical abilty tthat may be the problem thanks rj in wyo
 

[TheOldHokie]

[John Smith8N]

Snap ring pliers, good or not, won't work on a pto snap ring.


 

[TheOldHokie]

[souNdguy]

2 small flat blade screwdrivers will pop and chase the ring out. No special tools needed. ( though you can certaintly use them if you have them! )
 

[John Smith8N]

They are the same as the ones in the pto shifter housing. Being internal, any type of plier just sets them tighter into their groove. Like Chris said, two small pocket screwdrivers and about 5 seconds time will spiral them right out.
 

[TheOldHokie]

[souNdguy]

I think every dern ford I've bought has the dreaded leaky pto seal or bad bearing.. seems nobody wants to fix em... thus, that lil drill John smith talked about does tend to get 'practiced' alot. he's right. once you pop one edge and anchor it a bit, the other screwdriver just chases it out.

kinda like using 2 tire spoons and dismounting a tire.. if you can relate to that.

and he does mean smal.. no large screwdrivers. the lil kind with a clip that you can put in a shirt pocket and then realize you just messed up your shirt..
 

[Royse]

[36 Coupe]

If you complain about tools being expensive you will do without them for years and use make shift methods.I bought my snap ring pliers back when I was making 40.00 a week.Still in my tool box and helped on trans mission work for 55 years.Try opening gas lines with out the right tools.Doing with out good tools is false economy.