Servo / Accumulator o-rings - Getting stuck in snap ring groove

[turbo84voyager]

I am assembling my transmission and i am having an issue with probabily the simplest part. I reassembled the servos and accumulator ( its blocked but put it together anyway) with new rings. I lubed up the parts with trans assembly lube and got all of the parts to drop in. I am having problems installing the "Caps" that hold them in (behind the snap ring). The front band and accululator "caps" have an o-ring. When I attempt to install them they get caught in the snap-ring groove and thats all I can get. I tried running a feeler gauge around them to try to get them to drop in like lip seals do but no luck. Does anyone have any tips on how to get these in? I have a piece of plastic paper protector I was going to try to use as a sleeve but I am not sure what else to try. The ATSG does not mention any special tools. Im stumped..

Thanks,

Justin

[zin]

I'm not super familiar with what you're referring to, but, if all you need to do is "sneak" the O-ring past the grove, you might be able to make a sleeve from some thin sheet aluminum, the kind used for flashings on roofs (comes in rolls).

Just cut a piece long enough to go around the piston/plug (maybe even overlap a bit if it won't be too thick) and then use it kind of like a funnel. Once the O-ring is past the groove, pull the sleeve and BAM! your done!

Mike

[turbo84voyager]

I tried the sleeve and no luck, then while going through the kit for the 3rd time and I found 2 o-rings stuck in the axle seals which were the correct o-rings . The ones I was trying to use originally were just a little "fatter" then the originals. I put assembly lube on the rings and everything went together.

[zin]

Gotta love "happy endings".

Mike

[A.J.]

You're probably using the wrong o-rings. I've never had that problem.