[DeTomaso] Front oil seal replacement

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

Quoting Matt <matt at nwpantera.com>:

> It's not coming out easily! Does he mean to hammer a screwdriver between 
> the seal and the cover, pry and destroy the thing since I'm putting a new 
> one in anyway?   I don't want to scratch the crankshaft resulting in another 
> leak down the road.
> 
The rubber crank seal is inside a steel can, with the lip being the part 
you work with. Unless you are very energetic, tapping a flat-blade screwdrive 
between the steel front cover and the steel lip of the seal will get nowhere 
near the crankshaft nose. Once the screwdrive bit is under the lip 3/16"or 
so, you can lever out the seal. You may have to repeat the 
screwdriver-insertion at various points around the periphery a few times. And really, you 
will not harm the seal although you might bend the wide lip a little. They're 
hammered in with a sealant on their backside to ensure no leaks, and 
sometimes the sealant really grips! Good luck- J Deryke



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