Re: crankshaft seal FUN!!!!!!

[trnsfrma@ix.netcom.com (Shawn C. Meze)]

At 09:13 PM 6/29/97 +0000, you wrote:
>Here's my plan of attack.......  first jack up the entire front end, 
>then remove the passanger side motor mount's carrier bolt, then (now 
>that I can see it clearly) make some half assed tool...... then make some
>half assed tool .......... then make some half assed tool to..............
>Does anyone have any pointers?  Anything I should lookout for?  
>Anything that brakes easy?
>Any help would be a wonderful thing.
>                                      Jay


Why do a half assed job?? 
OK, heres the deal. Its really not that hard of a job. There is no need to do 
half of the things your talking about. The crankshaft wont move (rotate) on 
you if you break the torque on the crankshaft bolt first, then remove the 
timming belt. (That makes it much easier.) 
You really dont need to drop the passenger side mount since the cranshaft is 
pretty accessable as it is. You might want to drop it for the added access 
anyways. 
Then you simply remove the bolts from the oil pan and the crankshaft seal 
housing. Its just like doing the real main seal. If you replaced the rear 
main seal already, then you already know how to do it. Its a 30-45 min job so 
dont sweat the small stuff. At least its not the rear main seal! Thats a 
beich of a job. Use a putty knife to get under the seal so you dont break the 
front main seal housing. Thats the only potential brittle part.

Stock pads brake easy. Thats an odd question there Jay.....  :)

HTH!



Shawn
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