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Front Seal Replacement - Need Help 200 1981

posted by  Don Foster on  Sun Feb 16 05:35 CST 2003
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It's easy. With the new seal in the housing, lube the seal lip and shaft, and fit the seal over the shaft. Be ultra careful that the lip does not "roll" as you push the seal over the shaft.

When you examine a new seal, you'll see that the lip is angled and has a small spring wound around it to increase its tension against the spinning shaft. You need only to push the seal slightly more open, increasing its ID (against the spring force) so it'll fit. Once it's over the shaft, the shaft keeps the lip in the right position -- unless, that is, you inadvertently "hook" the lip as you slide it on the shaft. This would roll the seal lip outward.
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Don Foster (near Cape Cod, MA)






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