Jughead

Check these pics please, is the rear main seal installed correctly? I know the pics are a little blurry but I wanted to get as close as I could. I think it's back ****-wards! :confused:
Looking from the front

Looking from the front

Looking from the back


:confused: :confused: :smash: :smash:

:skep:


[Modified by 1970 Stingray, 4:19 PM 1/4/2003]

JoeC427

:rolleyes: :smash:

yellow 72

Yep, it's wrong the lip should face inward :smash: :cheers:

Jughead

Hey! It was his first attempt at a rear seal. :D There was a 50-50 chance & I picked the wrong one! :D

mrvette

NO question the lip is wrong....thing is, the backing rubber section seems to look as if it fits correctly, in preferance to it being turned around.....

have to see it the other way....allmost strikes me as if the seal is not made right.....

GENE

Paul L

Yes it is backwards.

Twin_Turbo

Yup, the lip should face towards the block. This one is installed wrong. If you install a new one, rotate the seals so that the seam where the 2 halves meet up don't align with the cap and block seam.
As for the thicker part of the seal being on the inside of the block here (and outside if it's correctly installed), they're all like that. The side w/ the lip is thinner than the other side.



Marck


[Modified by Twin_Turbo, 4:26 PM 1/4/2003]

PatsLs1vette

yep i agree too wrong direction. :yesnod:

theandies

Better Check closely, Dufus may hav installed one half correctly and the other half wrong. :crazy: :smash: :crazy: :smash:
BTW Did it seal?
John

Jughead

Don't think it would've sealed. It's on the block I've been working on.

jackson

You & the others think right. It's backwards. The lip should point toward the motor.

xrated

Maybe the block is just upside down...

QuickVet

:lol: