[Vwdiesel] crank seal depth

[Rudy]

The first Seal I changed I put it flush with the carrier and it seemed to
leak pretty soon after.  I think it was riding in the original groove on the
crank.  This time I seated it so it was just touching the flat on the crank
in back of the Seal.  I had the carrier off so I measured it and got a
pretty good idea how far to push it in so as not to have it contact the
crank to hard.

I'm not sure how this is going to work but at least the two Seal parts were
on new material on the crank.  I've driven it about 500 miles so far and
looks fine so far.

I made a tool out of a piece of bar stock, 16" x 2.5" x 1/4", drilled a hole
to fit the crank bolt and four small holes to bolt it to the sprocket with
the bolts that secure the v belt pulley to the sprocket.  I bolt this on to
the crank sprocket and let it touch the floor depending on which way I'm
turning it.  Works very well, loosen and tighten from the top standing up.

Let me know if you'd like me to send you a picture of this tool, if fact
I'll send it to you to use if you like.

Rudy
Seattle  

-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
Behalf Of Marvin Jansen
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 6:25 PM
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: [Vwdiesel] crank seal depth

I got the bolt off with the starter, slick.  Now, the Bentley said to seat
the seal in the carrier, I think I put it in too far, is this possible?  I
had it flush and after reading the Bentley went ahead and tapped it in
further until I thot it was seated but it looks like it is in too far.  I
need someone real familiar with putting in these seals to give me advice
before I pull the carrier out and check it over.  Help!!
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