Determining thickness for circlip in front of input shaft ball bearing

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Knock rear circlip (as determined) and ball bearing onto input shaft using drift sleeve 30 - 100.

Fig 1: Input Shaft And Thickest Circlip Which Can Still Just Be Installed

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Determine thickest circlip which will still fit.
Refer to table The following circlips are available: to determine correct circlip.