rear main seal problem
11-30-2006, 09:27 PM
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rear main seal problem
when my friend put in the rear main seal he had it flush against the housiung, that caused a big leak, now today i took out the old seal and put it in this time it sits farther its not flush anymore, does this look right?
11-30-2006, 10:01 PM
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Those seals usually sit flush with the housing, I bet what happen was he didn't lube the crank's end when he put the mainseal cover on and damaged the seal or forced it on, than when the car started it ripped a little bit of the rubber off and caused a leak for ya.
The way you have it now should work, but the factory has them flush with the cover.
The way you have it now should work, but the factory has them flush with the cover.
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you beat it in too far, the front surface of the seal should be even with the aluminum housing. Use a block of wood to drive in the seal that way the block won't let you go too far in with it. Here's a pic of how it should look like.
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Re: (Mr. Helsinki)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mr. Helsinki »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you beat it in too far, the front surface of the seal should be even with the aluminum housing. Use a block of wood to drive in the seal that way the block won't let you go too far in with it. Here's a pic of how it should look like.
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The man is correct!!!
</TD></TR></TABLE>The man is correct!!!
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Re: (1Quikgsr)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1Quikgsr »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">will that work even though its far in? </TD></TR></TABLE>
It might....
I did the exact same thing first time I changed out my rear main. I pushed it in too far.
The way I see it, the rear main is only a few bucks, and I don't really love pulling my tranny, so I pulled the rear main back out (destroyed it in the process) and reinstalled another new one, this time being more careful. Hasn't leaked since.
My advice would be to buy another rear main and install it flush. It would just suck to put it all back together and have it leak.
It might....
I did the exact same thing first time I changed out my rear main. I pushed it in too far.
The way I see it, the rear main is only a few bucks, and I don't really love pulling my tranny, so I pulled the rear main back out (destroyed it in the process) and reinstalled another new one, this time being more careful. Hasn't leaked since.
My advice would be to buy another rear main and install it flush. It would just suck to put it all back together and have it leak.
12-01-2006, 10:16 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by s2kdre »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">there are 2 different type of main caps, 1 that has a somethin on the back side of the cover to stop the seal and the other doesnt.</TD></TR></TABLE>
I have never ever came across one that did not have a lip.
Some people pound them in with out a problem, some people go by the specs, and now that I think about it, if there was no lip on the back, then how would you measure the specs, until I see a cover with out a lip, I won't believe that quote.
.5-.8mm clearance between the seal and the cover( measuring from the back)
( quote taken from mmuler )
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mr. Helsinki »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you beat it in too far, the front surface of the seal should be even with the aluminum housing. Use a block of wood to drive in the seal that way the block won't let you go too far in with it. Here's a pic of how it should look like.
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According to the manual, the front has nothing to do with clearance measurements.
I have never ever came across one that did not have a lip.
Some people pound them in with out a problem, some people go by the specs, and now that I think about it, if there was no lip on the back, then how would you measure the specs, until I see a cover with out a lip, I won't believe that quote.
.5-.8mm clearance between the seal and the cover( measuring from the back)
( quote taken from mmuler )
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mr. Helsinki »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you beat it in too far, the front surface of the seal should be even with the aluminum housing. Use a block of wood to drive in the seal that way the block won't let you go too far in with it. Here's a pic of how it should look like.
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According to the manual, the front has nothing to do with clearance measurements.
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