Sergey
Registered User
Hello,
with consistent good weather these days I went on to replace long overdue leaking front oil seal.
Harmonic balancer now has visible groove, although caliper barely senses its depth. Please check it out on picture. By look of it can it be
a) just smooth the grove with the finest sandpaper and new seal will work fine for several years
b) or must install a repair sleeve ? The one came with new seal has outside diameter of 2.508" and inside diameter 2.375". That means this repair sleeve requires to machine down harmonic balancer outside surface to hot press it on. Won't work for me, no access to lathe machine for such work.
Are there some thin repair sleeves which can be hot pressed onto existing harmonic balancer shaft ? It will make shaft thicker a bit, and require special "repair" size seal ?
PS. the groove has surprisingly sharp shape
PPS. last time I replaced front oil seal on my truck at 275 kMi in about year 2000, that's 20 years ago. It was done easier than now. My age takes toll....
Thanks,
Sergey
with consistent good weather these days I went on to replace long overdue leaking front oil seal.
Harmonic balancer now has visible groove, although caliper barely senses its depth. Please check it out on picture. By look of it can it be
a) just smooth the grove with the finest sandpaper and new seal will work fine for several years
b) or must install a repair sleeve ? The one came with new seal has outside diameter of 2.508" and inside diameter 2.375". That means this repair sleeve requires to machine down harmonic balancer outside surface to hot press it on. Won't work for me, no access to lathe machine for such work.
Are there some thin repair sleeves which can be hot pressed onto existing harmonic balancer shaft ? It will make shaft thicker a bit, and require special "repair" size seal ?
PS. the groove has surprisingly sharp shape
PPS. last time I replaced front oil seal on my truck at 275 kMi in about year 2000, that's 20 years ago. It was done easier than now. My age takes toll....
Thanks,
Sergey