Rasafrassin' nogood blickablackin' risafrassin...front crankshaftoil seal (CGT)

[Kneale Brownson]

Sears has a seal removing tool that works just fine.  Looks like a little
pickaxe.  One side has a slightly smaller pick than the other.  I use the
smaller point.  You slip it between the flexible part of the seal and the
crankshaft, twist slightly so the point is behind the metal part of the
seal and just lever the seal out.  I think I paid about $10.  Here's what
it looks
like:http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&vertical=S
EARS&pid=00947645000&sid=I0008300030000100085

At 08:24 PM 4/11/2004 -0400, Jonathan Monetti wrote:
>I have met my match.  As a last resort before ordering the $100+ front crank
>oil seal removal tool, anyone have a good BTDT?
>
>This is an 87.5 NG-motored CGT undergoing a slow (night, weekend) TB change.
>All was going well until I got to the front oil seal.  I have a new one on
>hand, so I can see how it's made & how it fits, but for the life of me can't
>get the old one out.  I was trying to avoid buying VAG 3083, and had read a
>few archived posts and web comments that some folks have...
>
>1) slid it right out, no problem
>2) done it with dental picks and/or needlenose
>3) driven two drywall screws into the seal's front face and pulled it out
>easily
>
>But mine seems to have been placed there by Satan.  None of the above (nor
>some creative alternatives) have worked.  I guess I'll need to buy 3083, but
>last ditch questions:
>
>-anyone know who might rent this tool in the NE ($100+ to buy a tool I'll
>use once, maybe twice goes a little against the grain)
>-or have any good Rube Goldberg solutions that have worked for you
>
>Thanks in advance
>Jonathan Monetti
>
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