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Hello Again,
Well the front crank seal project didn't go exactly as planned but I'd like to report that the doctor has operated and it looks like the patient will live.
Cam sprocket was removed while the old timing belt was still on. I had to wait for my son to return home from college and beg him to help me in the garage for the removal of the I sprocket, which he held with a strap wrench, while I "impacted" my long breaker bar.
Seals were actually pretty easy to remove with my smallish - I believe 1/8" screwdriver. Slide 'er in there adjacent to the shaft and pry upwards. They pop out fairly easily. Even the larger front crank seal came out without much trouble.
The cam seal went in by using the old seal front to new seal front with about a 3" long piece of PVC pipe cut square to use as a driver which I would carefully hit with my ballpeen hammer. I tried to use my fingertips to fully insert the seal to no avail. Same deal for the I shaft seal. Used the old seal to lessen the impact of the hammer on the pvc pipe.
In all cases, I fully gooped up the rear of the seal with bearing grease presumably to help hold the spring in place. I oiled the seal lips and shaft before starting each seal on it's way.
The crank seal was a bit more difficult as no matter how I tried, it would cock in the bore. The first time in using Lucid's PVC tool I tore the seal, so I had to review what I did wrong. Actually on my second try, I found that you could use your fingers to get the seal started all the way around without the lip folding over, even though it again was a little crooked. Once the seal was started, I then used the pvc pusher (again, check Lucid's post on this one) to slowly draw the seal in keeping the old seal between the new as a buffer. Lastly, after I had the seal pretty much in place, I noticed it was still not quite square in its bore, I think about 2 mm in in some places, 1 mm in others. However, I cut a section of the old seal (about 60 degrees of it and used that as a buffer to gently hammer the new seal in to the proper location - all the way around - in the bore.
So now, mayber tomorrow I will button it up again and with a little luck, I will have three new function oil seals, along with a new timing belt and water pump. Great tip to purchase an extra set of seals.
Thanks for all your help gents.
Marty Wolfson
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93, 244 149k, 93 244 - 235K (back in action), 93 245 - 178K, 99 v-70 - 113K
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