[s-cars] Re: Crank seal tool #3203 (timing belt job)

[mdbishoff at attbi.com]

Hi Bill - I just did this and used the same tool. I rented (for beer money)
the tools from Alex here in Seattle and he gave me great advice on how to use
the tool. He told me to turn it in as far as you can by hand initially and
then as hard as you can with a tool just till the point you feel like it's
going to strip out. That's prett subjective, but I didn't have any problem.
Just getting it started is not good enough. It has to have a good bite. Once
the tool was in there good, the rest was easy-breezy.

Mike - '92 S4 - Timing belt BTDT. No problems.
Seattle, WA


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<Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 16:17:23 -0700 (PDT)
<From: William Perron <w_perron at yahoo.com>
<To: s-car-list at audifans.com
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<snip>  I have been backing out the center section, and threading the
<outer portion into the seal as far as it will go
<without using a whole lot of force.  Then I thread in
<the center section, but every time it just seems to
<thread in and pop the outer portion of the tool out,
<and the seal stays put.  Any advice?