Tom Piper

How many have replaced the LT1 front cover crankshaft seal without removing the pan and front cover?

Easy or hard?

Tom Piper

PurpleC4

Tom,
It is a piece of cake. I did it ~ and one of my friends here in AZ did it this weekend. No problem at all. I do recommend that you consider a 'Speedy Sleeve' over the hub snout ~ if it has enough wear to feel with your fingernail.
~ Purp

By the way Tom ~ buy your self a seal removal tool from NAPA...... it rolls the old seal right out. :thumbs:

DroptopMan

I borrowed his seal remover and it was great! :cheers:

Tom Piper

Purp

I already have the Speedi-Sleeve -- it's made of stainless steel.

I need to look into the seal removal tool.

I pulled the hub last night with the Kent Moore SPX LT1 hub remover/installer tool -- this tool makes that simple in that confined area. You don't have to raise the engine or remove power steering rack tubing like the shop manual says.

Thanks

Tom Piper

Tom Piper

I don't usually rant about things, but everytime I look at the LT1 "keyless" hub and the Opti-Spark I think of one thing -- what were the engineers at GM smoking when they designed these two items. These two items are the worst engineering fiascos I have ever seen.

The keyless hub would never have been appropriate.

The Opti-Spark would have been a good solution in 1980, but not in 1992. In 1992 the technology for distributorless ignition systems had been around for sometime -- and, GM had used it in some models.

I hope GM fired the engineers, and management two levels up for this.
Saving money on these items doesn't justify this.
And, when you consider that they used this from 1992 through 1996 and knew about the problem in 1992 (they had a recall on the early 1992 Opti-Spark), GM management should hang their head in shame.


Tom Piper


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ittlfly

Tom...I looked for Kent Moore's website...no luck....where can I find the hub remove / install and water pump seal install tools ??

Strick

kent-moore.spx.com/


[Modified by Strick, 10:21 AM 6/17/2003]

Tom Piper

Get the toll free number from this site and call them: http://kent-moore.spx.com/

The LT1 hub remover/installer is about $194 and the water pump seal protector is about $15. The seal protector is plastic and looks like a short piece of pipe with a cone on the end.

Tom Piper


[Modified by Tom Piper, 10:24 AM 6/17/2003]

ittlfly

Thanks for the info guys. :cheers: