How Do I Put Rear Main Seal In?
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How Do I Put Rear Main Seal In?
Hey, I need to know the best way to put the rear main seal in without damaging it and without the proper tool, (rear main seal tool). This is really important, I need to get my car back together and everything.
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Hey, you have done it this way? Are you sure the seal will not get damaged? I tried tapping it in with a hammer, I would get most of it in then hit the other part and it would fall out.
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hey
Hey, so there is no way I can damage the seal with a hammer? Should I use a ball peen hammer, or a rubber mallet?
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Use the flat side of the hammer, not a ball pen. A rubber mallet may work, but I doubt it. You need to find something that is large enough to sit on the seal as you tap it in. I have always used the seal driver tool since I work at a Honda dealership, but just go to Sears and buy a big ass socket. It will work just the same
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seriously, take a tape roll of approx. the same size of the OD of the seal, take a flat something, and tap the seal or drive it forward with a deadblow or rubber mallet.