Rear seal Help?????
Rear seal Help????? So I just replaced my rear seal..... Drove the car for maybe twenty miles and got under it today... About a mothh after the drive and there is oil drops on the floor and coming from the clutch hole... What would cause this? Its a new seal with a new clutch? and with these drops im scared of ruining my new $800 clutch... what can I do... Im so lost.....
This really has to suck, stop driving it immediately and there's a good chance the clutch disc is salvageable.
Let's see if we can figure out the cause:
1.) Did you install it w/ the proper J-tool, or pound it in?
2.) Did you completely clean the crank surface to remove all oil and contaminants? Lightly oil the new seal's *EXTERIOR* and leave the interior sealing surface completely dry?
3.) Are you absolutely, positively, 100% certain that you installed it facing the right direction and didn't reverse it?
Let us know on each item above and we can move from there.
Let's see if we can figure out the cause:
1.) Did you install it w/ the proper J-tool, or pound it in?
2.) Did you completely clean the crank surface to remove all oil and contaminants? Lightly oil the new seal's *EXTERIOR* and leave the interior sealing surface completely dry?
3.) Are you absolutely, positively, 100% certain that you installed it facing the right direction and didn't reverse it?
Let us know on each item above and we can move from there.
So I just replaced my rear seal..... Drove the car for maybe twenty miles and got under it today... About a mothh after the drive and there is oil drops on the floor and coming from the clutch hole... What would cause this? Its a new seal with a new clutch? and with these drops im scared of ruining my new $800 clutch... what can I do... Im so lost.....
Russ
I took the rear cover off and cleaned everything.. tapped the new seal in using the old seal with a block of wood over top to make sure of even pressure... put the cover on with new gasket and red rtv along bottom of cover where it meets the oil pan... I used locktite on all bolts when installing flywheel and pressure plate... I also triple checked to make sure the seal was the right way... The car is a turbo car with proper crank vent.. have a catch can with some one way check valves and breather per the way revextreme explained to me to set it up.
I took the rear cover off and cleaned everything.. tapped the new seal in using the old seal with a block of wood over top to make sure of even pressure... put the cover on with new gasket and red rtv along bottom of cover where it meets the oil pan... I used locktite on all bolts when installing flywheel and pressure plate... I also triple checked to make sure the seal was the right way... The car is a turbo car with proper crank vent.. have a catch can with some one way check valves and breather per the way revextreme explained to me to set it up.
There's a J-tool just for cover alignment, and while some can eyeball it and get it right I'm not one of them.
If the cover is off very much at all, the seal won't form properly around the crank.
And what about the crank surface as I asked earlier...was it completely cleaned and degreased before the new seal went over it?
The crank surface was clean... took a rag sprayed brake cleaner on it and cleaned end of crank and every mating surface...
My guess is that the cover is not aligned right esp if it is that tempermental...
Where can I find this j tool?
My guess is that the cover is not aligned right esp if it is that tempermental...
Where can I find this j tool?
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Verdad Gallardo When you get the trans and clutch off, you'll be able to see the source of the leak and then decide if you need the J-tool or it's something else.
car only has 30k miles so did not see the need for the pilot bearing...