Ok, the rear main?
Ok, the rear main? Its leaking pretty badly and I wanted to change the rear main seal when I put my new converter in. Strangely I dont really know anything about the main seal is. Is this all I need and what is all involved in changing it? What causes them to leak in the first place??
http://store.summitracing.com/egnsea...115+4294844342
http://store.summitracing.com/egnsea...115+4294844342
Yep, it will pop out with a flat head and then you push the new CAREFULLY into place, they leak because they get old, the rubber will only hold up for so long. Even at times i have seen the seal rub a groove into the crank.
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ok i work at a autozone and i looked up a rear main seal just the other day and we have to order them and they are not normaly stocked... plus they ended up being cheaper at the chevy dealer and the dealer had them in stock... thunder racing has the seal and the gasket for cheaper than the dealer
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Originally Posted by koolaid_kid
As mentioned, be very careful when pressing in the new seal. If you get it crooked, it will leak immediately. If I can find a write up, I will post it for you. Best of luck.
Here goes. Read all 3 threads, the first has a little info, the second has even better info, the third talks about renting a tool and how to use it:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...ight=rear+main
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...ight=rear+main
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...ight=rear+main
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...ight=rear+main
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...ight=rear+main
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...ight=rear+main
As far as a torque converter install are there any good write-ups? I suprisingly couldnt find any. Not only did I bust my wrist and my buddy sliced his finger open we made some pretty shitty progress. We took off the driveshaft, drained the tranny pan, removed the metal restrictor plate and only got off a couple of the main tranny bolts. Some are too high up to reach well and the transmission isnt sagging down to help out our cause.
make sure you put a little motor oil on it before you press in the new seal.
i need to do my front main soon. hopefully itll be easy and id only have to take the hub and balancer off.
my rear main is weeping very little. im waiting for the clutch to give so i can do it.
i need to do my front main soon. hopefully itll be easy and id only have to take the hub and balancer off.
my rear main is weeping very little. im waiting for the clutch to give so i can do it.