monalisa overdrive

Hey folks, quick question... just finished replacing the clutch in my 94 si, and while we were in there we decided to unbolt the flywheel and replace the rear main, as it's been leaking pretty badly for a while. Anyway, long story short, we put everything back together and I just realized.... we COMPLETELY forgot to lubricate the seal when we replaced it. I'm already in the hole paying my friend to help me work on it and getting the trans back on was such a bitch that there's no way we're going to get back in there to do that. So my question is, what's the damage? Is it just going to leak more? Because I can live with that.. I just want to know if something else catastrophic might occur. Thanks in advance.

joelmatt89

Sounds like a good friend that makes you pay him to help you out

trustdestruction

It might be fine, It might not. You won't know until it's leaking or not.

monalisa overdrive

i offered to pay him because he has helped me plenty for free in the past. anyway, i'm not gonna die if it's just leaking. I just wanted to make sure nothing worse will happen

lsvtecturbosol

Well hopefully the oil will get in there before it rubs too much on the seal. Could leak worse than it ever did could not. If it leaks too much it could soak your new clutch so much that it destroys it. Could be perfectly fine.

redej878

Did you get the seal from honda?? Most of the time Honda pre lubes their seals.

srmofo

well if you want to increase your chances of it not leaking, disable the injectors and crank it a little bit, let it sit for a few mins and do it again....do that until you feel like gambling and then start it, let it idle for a while and keep the rpms as low as possible for the first few days.......

Since 1983

iTrader: (3)

you could suck it up, go take it back apart and just fix it, its a PITA but you wont lose any sleep over the job being done right

Paul-R

what exactly did you pay him to do ? it sounds like your paying him for a f*ck up job