[TR] 3rd gear snapring

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Smack it with a hammer and then use a screw driver to work it up onto the  
tool.  You will probably have to chuck the tool in a vice to pull it off of  
the shaft with the snap ring on the tool.  You won't hurt the tool.  I  
have done it several times.
 
Sam Clark
Green Country Triumphs
 
So what's the trick to removal of the 3rd gear snap ring off of the  main
shaft? I have always used multiple screwdrivers in the past but I
now  have the Churchill tool for doing it. Smack it with a hammer and
drive it  under the snap ring? Put it in a press and push it under? I've
never used one  before and don't want to break anything in the process
(especially the tool  :-).

Mike
TS11544L