I popped off my hose going into the turbo to take the ring out and see the metal snap ring. How do you get this stout, unmovable thing off? It has no doles on the break ends for snap ring pliers. Maybe I am lost?.........

 

realated but cant help you... do the first gens have these rings as well?

jIMMy

 

Just get a small screwdriver under & pry it up. Once you get it started you can use another one & keep working around until she pops out. I like to stick a rag in the turbo to keep anything that might break from going in. Some have used a knife blade to pry it up but be careful not to break the blade. Oh & don't forget to remove the rag.

 

I used a mini flat blade screwdriver. It's not going to just fall out (let's hope), so you will need to work it, a little at a time, out of the housing. When I removed mine, it scratched the inside of the housing slightly. Unless you can get underneath the ring to coerce it out, some scoring may occur. As long as any chips or burrs are removed, you're not likely to have any problems.

 

Nope. Only '94 and up trucks do.

 

I used 2 mini scew drivers one working at the beginning of the narrowed and worked my self around till it started coming out then used abiger flat blade to pry it out oyeah a milk crate to stand on helps.

 

take your time, dont stress, have good working light and have small tools. mine took about 45 min. in witch I SPENT 30!! MINUTES KEEPING MYSELF MOTIVATED WITH HAPPY WORDS AND JESTURES. It just makes it that much sweeter when its out. chris

 

i just popped one end up with a small screw driver. was able to get ahold of it with needle nose pliers and boom the thing shot out at me. took like 5 minute and watch out they move fast!
no burrs or scratches in it anywhere