Quote: Originally Posted by
Roach 
You are the man then because myself and 3 others all worked on mine (the one on the end of the shaft, not the big one holding the casing on) and yeh I think about 2-3 hours of my life is gone now because of it
Oddly enough, I got both large and both small snap rings off by myself in less than an hour, with only 2 screwdrivers and a very small pair of needlenose pliers (since I don't own snapring pliers)