Rear main seal STUCK!
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Sep 2009
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From: Naples FL
St. Jude Donor '12
Rear main seal STUCK!
Well I tried tapping, pounding it out, it's stuck, and I mean stuck. I've torn the hell outta it so I have to finish the job.
Saturday I'm going to loosen up all the main caps and drop the crank a bit. I even tried to push / tap out the lower half just to see how stuck on they were, they are STUCK on. Been there for 50 years as far as I can tell.
I think lowering the crank is the last ditch effort before pulling the engine. Anyone else have any suggestions????
And yes - I shoulda just pulled the damn engine to begin with. It would have been easier and quicker in the long run.
I may pull it anyway just so I can tell the wife the trans is broke and I need a new one. Need to trade the PG for a 700R4 honey, the PG is broken!
PS - this is a 67 Camaro with 327 / powerglide that I just bought. Love it, but so far a freakin money pit and a half. The car looked very good, but had nothing done to it for decades!
Saturday I'm going to loosen up all the main caps and drop the crank a bit. I even tried to push / tap out the lower half just to see how stuck on they were, they are STUCK on. Been there for 50 years as far as I can tell.
I think lowering the crank is the last ditch effort before pulling the engine. Anyone else have any suggestions????
And yes - I shoulda just pulled the damn engine to begin with. It would have been easier and quicker in the long run.
I may pull it anyway just so I can tell the wife the trans is broke and I need a new one. Need to trade the PG for a 700R4 honey, the PG is broken!
PS - this is a 67 Camaro with 327 / powerglide that I just bought. Love it, but so far a freakin money pit and a half. The car looked very good, but had nothing done to it for decades!
Last edited by Coach62; Mar 24, 2017 at 12:09 AM.
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Sep 2009
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From: Naples FL
St. Jude Donor '12
Burning Brakes
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You stick a long deck screw between the block and the old seal. The course threads act as an auger and pulls it out. I recall I put a washer on the screw head so I could leverage it better to keep it from just driving into the seal. youtube videos is where I found it.
