Sat May 04, 2019 3:05 pm by cornbinder89
Today I replaced the front crankshaft seal, with the special tooling I purchased. The way it works, you bolt a plate in in place of the balancer, the screw in three "tec screws" thru the plate and into the seal. Then a puller bolt pulls the seal.
I was more than a little apprehensive, if the tec screws pulled out of the seal, I could be in much worse shape than if I left it alone. Once the old seal was out, the new one had to be pressed back in. It is a Teflon lay down lip type seal, and needs an install sleeve to get it over the nose of the crank, before the special tool can press it into place with the damper bolt. Really it need some longer bolts so I don't have to get the seal as far in before using the driver. All back together and doesn't seam to be leaking, I'll know for sure next week.
Even that little amount of work has left my shoulders hurting. The Damper is somewhere around 70lbs and has to be lifted and mated to the front of the crank, and there is no direct access, but it is done.