Oil Seal Issues Continued

[Anonymous]

For those who weren't in on this, I have an Oz 250 engine that had a really sloppy timing chain in it. In any case, I have a timing cover seal from a U.S. 200 engine, and I'm not 100% sure how to install it.

In any case.. I can't get it in there. I dunked it in oil and tried to press it in there, "roll" it in there, and everything in between. I've even placed a mallet over it, and then whacked that like it owed me money, and it just isn't going in there. Someone suggested getting a socket the same outer diameter as the seal and ramming it home with that. That's the one thing I haven't tried... Is there something else I should do before going out to do a socket hunt with my oily seal?

 

[Anonymous]

I'm not really sure what seal you are talking about since It's been a while since I took my motor apart, but in my experience big sockets are great for pressing bushings and seals into place. Not sure that I will ever have an opportunity these big sockets for wrenching, but they sure do work for driving seals.

Another option that is very similar but much less expensive is to find a piece of pipe that fits the seal. You can buy a foot or a few inches of pipe at home depot. Sockets can be expensive.

-Dan in Atlanta

 

[addo]

Check your clearances first (measure diameters of seal outer, and hole in timing cover). It should interfere by a tiny amount.

Adam.

 

[Mike]

I'd check with AZCoupe or MustangSix. I'm not sure the front seal is interchangeable between the US 200 and the OZ 250.

Mike

 

[Anonymous]

I didnt have a socket that big so I used an old harmonic balancer off a 250 for my timing seal on the weekend (and some sealant). I turned it around the other way and used that to tap it in and used a large screwdriver (very carefully) to tap it the last bit of the way. It went in easily.