Crankshaft Rear Oil Seal: Installation

1. Coat inner and outer seal surfaces with engine oil. Install seal onto mandrel of Seal Installer (J-34686) until dust lip bottoms against seal installer collar. See Fig 1.
2. Install seal installer onto crankshaft, aligning dowel pin on seal installer with alignment hole in crankshaft flange. To install seal into seal bore, tighten seal installer handle until collar on seal installer is even with cylinder block.
3. To complete installation, reverse removal procedure. Align reference marks on pressure plate and flywheel (M/T models). Tighten bolts to specification. See TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS .

Fig 1: Installing Crankshaft Rear Oil Seal

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