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Originally Posted by Madison
I'm speaking of the innermost of the two retaining ring grooves turned into the output shaft. Folks will often put two retaining rings onto a shaft if they're training to constrain something axially, which appears to be what you're doing here.
The retaining ring groove, though, is a point of stress concentration in the shaft. You're presumably transmitting torque through the groove -- perhaps to a wheel or set of power transmission components -- and doing so can lead to a failure of the shaft at the groove.
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Hi again,
I understand what you are saying now. Thank you for your input.