[DeTomaso] Front oil seal replacement

Asa Jay Laughton asajay at asajay.com
Sat May 30 01:56:09 EDT 2009


Jack,

The photo showed this seal did not have the traditional lip on it.  It 
was flush with the front cover.  There is no lip between the cover and 
the seal.  That's what was confusing to him.

Asa Jay

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& Shelley Marie
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JDeRyke at aol.com wrote:
> 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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