Re: Removing Rear Main Seal? [was: Need Fast Help: Stuck Removing Tranny]

[Shawn C Meze <skerocdriver@juno.com>]

On Sat, 29 Sep 2001 16:34:08 -0400 "Neal Tovsen"
<sixteen.volt@verizon.net> writes:

>OK. I'm now staring at a rear main seal. Potterman sent me a new one 
>to put
>in, but I can't see a good way to get the old one out. Any ideas? I'm 
>afraid
>to hack at it and end up causing more problems.


There's a couple ways to remove it. I get to do alot of rear main seals
and ive found that the quickest/fastest/safest way to do it is to use a
dent puller. There's enough meaty metal to take a center punch, score
your intended target (center mass) and follow up with the insertion of
the dent puller. tap-tap and its out. 
OR
You can use a seal puller. Just be careful to not score the seal housing
or the crank. 
OR
remove the housing and drive it out. Just be sure to use a sharp blade to
separate the oil pan gasket from the housing.
AND/OR
Replace the entire housing with a new A4 (Just like what's on the 1.8T's.
I have one in my 84 and its trick.) style rear main seal. Comes with the
seal already installed and has a nifty seal built into the housing. 


>Once it's out, can I just push the new one in? I don't have "VW 
>Special Tool #blah-blah"...


Use the old one to drive in the new one of you don't have a seal driver.
Just be careful and take your time. Flip it over backwards on top of the
new one and drive it in.


Shawn Méze
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