Special Features:

Wire od 0.059 inch, shaft diameter 0.750 inch, ends are groove with ref width 0.055 inch and ref depth 0.018 inch, a gap shall be formed with the two ring ends approximately 1/2 wire diameter apart or close enought to prevent tangles or interlocking of rings. Material corrosion resistatn steel, cleaned, descaled and passivated, retaining rings shall be free of burrs.

Properties:

A resilient metal item, circular or nearly circular, which is designed to be inserted into an internal or external groove and retained by its own spring action, or it may have external prongs or projections designed to be inserted into a hole and retained by spring action of the prongs which grip by imbedding into the material. For items having internal prongs which perform the same function, see push on nut. It is used to keep and/or lock a part(s) in position, as a ball bearing on a shaft or in a housing. See also clip, retaining and pin, lock. Excludes ring, connecting, round.