Slinger ring ?

Last piece to go on is this large spring ring.  It fits in an inner groove in the bowl gear, and fills the gap between spider hub & bowl gear.

Don't know what it's design purpose is for sure, but suspect lubrication control.

In earlier Warn & Saturn catalogs, they called this a "retaining ring", but it serves no mechanical retaining function at all.  The spider hub & bowl gear are held together by the previously installed "spacer washer" retainer, and work just fine w/out this ring.  Nothing "falls apart" if this "retainer" is removed.

But, in later Saturn catalogs, they call it a "ring, oil slinger" !  Since lubricating oil enters the planetary gears through the hollow mainshaft, and travels outward through the spider gears to the bowl, I think it's intended to "retain" as much oil w/in the planetary cavity as possible.

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