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Rear main seal

Postby cross.y0402 on Mon, 17 Sep 2018 6:58 +0000

Hi everyone first post been a stalker a for while though
Just wondering if any of the experts could help me can the rear main seal be put in to deep ?
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Re: Rear main seal

Postby hiluxxury on Tue, 18 Sep 2018 4:05 +0000

It went in too far? It should be flush with the housing to ensure it is straight on the shaft.
I might be wrong.

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Re: Rear main seal

Postby cross.y0402 on Tue, 18 Sep 2018 5:21 +0000

There were groves in the cam shaft from the old seal so pushed it in a bit further but went a bit further than I wanted to .
Does the seal carrier have a retainer to stop it going to far ?
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Re: Rear main seal

Postby DaveSumm on Tue, 18 Sep 2018 8:44 +0000

Camshaft? A rear main (bearing) is what holds the crank at the flywheel end.
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Re: Rear main seal

Postby cross.y0402 on Tue, 18 Sep 2018 9:08 +0000

I meant crank shaft sorry
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Re: Rear main seal

Postby hiluxxury on Tue, 18 Sep 2018 9:49 +0000

cross.y0402 wrote:There were groves in the cam shaft from the old seal so pushed it in a bit further but went a bit further than I wanted to .
Does the seal carrier have a retainer to stop it going to far ?
Thanks for the help


From memory (which is bad at the best of times), it doesn't. It's common practice to place the new seal where the old one was. Apply some oil around the crankshaft-seal face so it doesn't have its first few turns dry.
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Re: Rear main seal

Postby cross.y0402 on Tue, 18 Sep 2018 12:51 +0000

Thanks hiluxxury almost got it back together will let you know how it goes
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Re: Rear main seal

Postby cross.y0402 on Wed, 19 Sep 2018 2:27 +0000

So the seal failed not looking forward to pulling it all apart again
So my next question. Is it very hard to remove the seal keeper so I can install it on a flat surface in the shed ?
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Re: Rear main seal

Postby banksy on Wed, 19 Sep 2018 5:10 +0000

Not sure if it will work for you but you may want to look at these http://www.sealsolutionsaustralia.com.a ... di-sleeve/
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Re: Rear main seal

Postby hiluxxury on Wed, 19 Sep 2018 7:11 +0000

Its easy enough to put in without pulling the keeper off. I can't remember doing when I replaced mine
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Re: Rear main seal

Postby TOYZX on Fri, 21 Sep 2018 3:39 +0000

Make sure ya use a genuine seal!

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