Once again, I'm looking for a little help. I'm trying to get the steering cylinder apart and I've run into an odd issue. I've rebuilt many cylinders before, heck I've even been to hydraulic seal/cylinder upgrade school - this one has me stumped.
Normally it's a pretty basic deal, remove the snap ring, push in the glad until the spring retaining ring is exposed, pop that out and go to work.
My problem is the glad will not go in far enough to expose the ring. It goes in almost far enough then it's like it bottoms out on something inside the cylinder.
I've tried everything I can think of; I filled the snap ring grove thinking maybe the ring was dropping in it - didn't work. I put it in my press. It goes down as far as it does tapping it in then same thing - it bottoms out. I even tried the "drill a small hole and try pushing the spring in to get hold of it" trick, there just isn't enough room.
Has anyone ever run into this before? Any suggestions?
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