12-12-2018, 12:06 AM
The circlip on the large first motion shaft bearing is there to act as a flange to position it in a recess in the casing. It does not need to be removed EXCEPT that replacement bearings often have a circlip which is fractionally too large to fit in the recess. I found out the hard way and had to take the replacement bearing out again in order to swap the circlip.
Peter.
Peter.