<VV> Groooovy snout

[BobHelt at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/19/2006 8:41:46 PM US Mountain Standard Time,  
strunkhill1 at comcast.net writes:

My  clutch started slipping so I pulled the drivetrain and inside the 
snout I  found two seals and no split ring to hold them in and  some 
grooves  worn  in the top of the inside of the snout.


Scott and everybody,
i hope that everybody realizes that the lack of a split ring "to hold them  
in" is NOT THE PROBLEM.
 
The problem is installing a second seal inside a stock snout. There is only  
room for one seal. The space inside the snout where the split ring goes is  
greater in ID than where the first seal goes. That means the second seal is  
LOOSE inside the snout and will spin in there whether the split ring is there or  
not. And there is no place for the split ring to be held tight if a second 
seal  is installed. It will fall out.
Yes vendor supplied aftermarket snouts have a place for the second seal to  
go, but the stock snouts don't.
Regards,
Bob Helt