shawn 84&92

I am replacing my front crank seal while replacing the harmonic balancer. I was going to try to finish up tomorrow but can't get an AC Delco brand crank seal, the only brand is National Oil Seal.

Does everyone use AC Delco or are other brands okay? I want to do it right because it is such a pain to do this job.
Thanks,
Shawn

Patsgarage

FWIW, I just put a "store brand" front crank seal in my Fiero, and it is leaking. Thankfully it is nowhere near as hard to replace as a C6 one, but I am still not happy about it.

shawn 84&92

Thanks, I think I will wait for the AC Delco seal. Trying to get it done before the Bash at the museum.

What year Fiero do you have? I have an 87 GT with t-tops.

Patsgarage

86 4M6. This might actually be my favorite car, I can drive it flat out all the time and not worry. I paid $1,500 for it 2-3 years ago and still love driving it.

shawn 84&92

Great looking car! Mine is an auto I wish it was a stick.

Patsgarage

Thanks, I was looking for a manual, although I would have preferred a 5 spd. I just missed out on a 5 spd/sbc one on Ebay, that thing must be insane to drive.
I pulled the balancer off today, the seal looked fine, my guess is that the balancer itself has to be sleeved. I have to call The Fiero Store and see if it was a new or reman balancer, my guess is on a reman and they machined the snout to clean it up.
So lets see some pics of yours.

Buddy A

I installed a store brand and it leaked, swapped to AC Delco and all good now.

renegade123

AC Delco !!