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Originally Posted by Mechvet
The purpose of a retaining ring is to keep a shaft from leaving a designate location, therefore one could easily argue that it FASTENS the shaft in place.
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Yes, a retaining ring is a fastener, but, they are placed in a groove on a shaft, or pressed onto a shaft. Either way the shaft extends past the fastener and as such would be beyond the frame perimeter itself. The portion beyond the fastener is still the shaft and not part of the fastener.
To be absolutely sure though, you should ask in the official q&a.