Crankshaft Oil Seal - Rear: Removal
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2005 Dodge Stratus and 2005 Chrysler Sebring. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Remove transaxle from vehicle. (Refer to DIAGNOSIS & OVERHAUL - 41TE - EXCEPT COUPE )
- Remove drive plate.
- Insert a 3/16" wide flat bladed screwdriver between the dust lip and the metal case of the crankshaft seal. Angle the screwdriver through the dust lip against the metal case of the seal. Pry out seal. See Fig 1.
CAUTION:
Do not allow the screwdriver blade to contact the crankshaft seal surface. Contact of the screwdriver blade against crankshaft edge (chamfer) is permitted.
| 1 - REAR CRANKSHAFT SEAL |
| 2 - ENGINE BLOCK |
| 3 - ENGINE BLOCK |
| 4 - REAR CRANKSHAFT SEAL METAL CASE |
| 5 - PRY IN THIS DIRECTION |
| 6 - CRANKSHAFT |
| 7 - SCREWDRIVER |
| 8 - REAR CRANKSHAFT SEAL DUST LIP |
| 9 - SCREWDRIVER |