Crankshaft oil seal

[Ben Swann]

[I'm unable to pull the @#$%^&* crankshaft oil seal out of its placement so
I can install the new one and begin the process of completing this PITA
PITA PITA PITA timing belt/water pump replacement in a 4kq.  I've got all
the TB covers nicely sandblasted and repainted and WANT TO FINISH UP THIS
AWFUL process, but I can't get the stupid seal out.  I've used/broken
several pick-type hooks and have the rubbery part of the seal next to the
crank all chewed up, but I can't budge the harder part around the outside
of the seal.

How does  Tool  2086 accomplish this extraction?  Does it have a flat blade
like a small screwdriver and slide in next to the crankshaft so it can pry
outward?  I'm using ViseGrip pliers attached to a hard hook and pulling
really hard and getting no movement.  Can the previous jerk that did this
task have glued the stupid seal in?]

Hate to tell you this, but I've had on occasion to remove the pump(front)
and/or seal cover rear and mount on a vice while using among other things
an sawsall/dremel and/or socket to extract.  These things can be in so
badly that the little itsy bitsy seal pullers just won't cut it.  I don't
know about the 2086.  Just I couldn't grab the thing even with it in a vice
using pliers, vicegrips, BFH and chisel, etc...

I was able to get one out once using the screw type extractor.

Oh, don't forget to have pilot bearing extractor on hand.  I didn't on my
last job and it was a nightmare..ordered an extractor since then.

Ben