Hi
Once you remove the snap ring #3 you will have to tap the # 10 guide into the barrel about 3/4 of a inch to get at the other snap ring remove ring . Then just pull rod and guide out of barrel.
Ken
Well, That is what the service guy said at JD, but I tapped it in about 2" so far and there is no other snap ring, there is a round grove in the barrel, but no ring.
I am at my wits end on this one...
I finally got them apart today, turns out there is a orange piece of plastic in the bag of new seals. You place to plastic in the groove in the barrel, it makes it smooth, then yank the rod out, the plastic lets the internal ring slide right on out.
That is a new one on me! Usually the ring stays in the groove as Korum described. Did you find out about the orange part by reading the kit instructions? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif