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Re: L134 rear main seal too tight?

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Posted by Ryp on September 17, 2002 at 15:35:42:

In Reply to: Posted by on September 17, 2002 at 14:44:20:

: How tight does it get?, they do tighten up a bitt but if excessive, you may have another problem.

: It is normal to have the seal sslightly stick out, if it didn't, you would have oil seapage. Wehn you torque the rear cap down, the rubber, I assume your useing a rubber seal, will compress.

: Have you tryed to torque the rcrank down without the seal?, if it is still tight, the rear cap may be distorted or even worse.

Sam, when the rear seal is out and all mains torked the crank spins nicely but when the seal is in it's tight. If I could get a tork reading off the end it'd probably take near 40lbs to budge the thing. It's tight. To turn it from the inside you have to grab the counter weights and PULL just to move it. It's like trying to turn a wheel rotor by hand when you've got the tire/wheel off. The concern I have is if this is unusual wont the seal have premature wear and leak? Or maybe others have had this quirk and not be a problem with leakage?

Thanx for the tip, Sam


PS, I'm using the two piece seal that fits into the groove with the flange end facing the inside of engine (could I have the seal backwards??)

Ryp




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