Special Features:

Internal ring. Groove diameter 3.592 inches. Min groove width 0.044 inch, ring thickness 0.039 inch, ring radial wall 0.188 inches. Number of turns 1. Ring shear 18, 010.0 lbs, groove yield 11, 380.0 lbs

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.