Front Crankshaft Seal: Service and Repair

Removing and installing sealing ring for crankshaft belt pulley

Information

Component overview





Preliminary work for removing sealing ring for crankshaft sealing ring
1. Remove pulley (vibration balancer) of the crankshaft.

Removing sealing ring for crankshaft belt pulley





1. Undo the 4 fastening screws and remove the cover and sealing ring.
2. Clean the sealing surface of the sheetmetal cover.

Installing sealing ring for crankshaft belt pulley

WARNING Risk of damaging the sealing ring due to assembly fault!
^ Never pull the sealing ring from the plastic sleeve!
^ Do not touch the sealing lip!
^ Do not oil the sealing ring on the running surface!
^ Sealing lip can be damaged!

Note:
^ If the joint flange on the pulley or the surface on the crankshaft stub is slightly rusted, polish the rust off with a special polishing pad.
^ If there is bad corrosion or deep grooves, replace these components.





1. Place seal with plastic sleeve across crankshaft.





2. Tighten the 2 upper fastening screws by hand Tightening torque: 7.5 ft-lb., and then the lower fastening screws Tightening torque: 7.5 ft-lb.. Then tighten the screws in diagonally opposite sequence to the specified torque.





3. Pull off plastic sleeve evenly from sealing ring.

Subsequent work installing sealing ring for crankshaft pulley
1. Install pulley (vibration balancer) of crankshaft.