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Posted by Monster (more from Monster) on Wed, 24 Apr 2002 23:55:40 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: I think I found it, opinions please, Russell Giuliano, Tue, 23 Apr 2002 22:41:36
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Hi, Russ

I did a clutch job on my Beastie a week ago, and that seal is a pain. I don't know if your special tool is going to work, but it CAN be done by tapping the thing for about 20 minutes with a hammer!

When I pulled my old one out, it got slightly damaged, and I regretted taking it out. It was in perfect shape, no leaks. Shoulda left it in there.

I was looking for a shortcut to install the replacement, and after tapping it for 15 minutes (you hit one side and the other side pops out!) I thought I'd try some clever tool. I put a metal piece the same diameter as the ring over it, then pressed against this piece with a crowbar. The result was the ring went in unevenly, with the bottom edge going in too far! This was unexpected -- didn't realize you could push that thing all the way into the engine. On attempting to extract it, I mangled it.

So I had to buy a second new one and try again. This time, persistent tapping paid off. You can't hit it hard, but you have to tap around it and work it in evenly. No easy way to do it that I found -- the shortcut method backfired and I ended up taking twice as long (and wasting another $17) than if I'd just kept tapping away in the first place.

Good luck and please let us know if your tool does the job. The hammer method DOES work... eventually.

- = M = -
'87 900T 174K -- and new SPG9 clutch/flywheel/slave/seals/etc.

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