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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tuned" data-source="post: 80415" data-attributes="member: 11207">Well, I got 'er did. I heated that gear using an aluminum heat shield behind it to try to keep it from migrating so badly into the pump. At the same time I had a helper drip water behind the shield to take even more heat away.About the time that I was thinking of giving up....POING! That sucker jumped off the shaft and just about into my lap. Which brings me to my next questions. Here is what it now looks like:<img src="http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww128/tunedude10/20141112_071512.jpg" alt=" photo 20141112_071512.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 326px; height: 580px" />There are TWO snap rings that I can see. When I went to the Bobcat parts lookup, this is what I get (I have labeled in red what the parts list says each part is):<img src="http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww128/tunedude10/pumpshaft.jpg" alt=" photo pumpshaft.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 403px; height: 161px" />It looks to me like the seal installs from the inside...crud. The two items listed as 'ring' are the two snap rings that I see. I assume that they bear respectively on the inner and outer races of the bearing. If this is the case, then I'm gonna take my chances and dig no further. Just fill it up when the time comes and pray for no leaks.Thoughts from any of you gearheads?</blockquote>