removing rear crank seal? [5kcstq]

[Richard J. Andrews]

I've successfully removed several i-5 rear main seals with a standard seal
puller.
new seal is cheap and i didn't want to mess with the flange and mess
something up.
i just cleaned the surfaces with brake clean sparingly and packed the new
seals with grease and eased it in
voila none have leaked yet..

as far as the flange IMO it's a waste of money but if you don't have
experience with seating seals evenly
buy the flange and be done with it. nothing worse than tearing everything
back apart because the seal wasn't
seated correctly.

HTH!
rich
'86 4kq

At 11:54 AM 3/1/02, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>[Sorry if this is a dupe, I wasn't subbed w/this address before.]
>
>I found this post suggesting removal of the whole aluminum flange in
>order to remove the rear seal.  "While one is in there", it is
>possible to replace the oil pump as well.  How practical is
>preventative replacement of the oil pump?
>
>http://www.audifans.com/archives/1998/05/msg01880.html
>
>Is this the easiest or best way to remove the rear seal?  I see the
>crooked tool pictured in the Bentley to pull the seal out.  I'm not
>against buying that tool.  Where can I find it?  It is not listed on
>the Zelenda website.-That post is referenced on Chris Miller's 200q20v
>site as well.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ken