Re: Rear Main Seal Replacement

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2012/10/25 12:23:44

A slender corkscrew or pigtail on a longish handle may facilitate removing the old one. The "thing" for pulling the new one thru we always called the "Chinese finger toy", kind of an elongated mesh sleeve that you inserted the fresh end of the new seal into after threading it thru the channel above the crank, and as you pulled it tightened it's grip on the seal cord and pulled it thru. I'll look for a picture, but I'm sure others will have alternatives - perhaps a length of strong fishing line, or even some very fine wire that you can insert into the end of the rope like a fish hook.

PS - if you Google "chinese finger trap" you'll see something similar (not the fabric ones), this one a medical device but similar. It might have been called a "sneaky Pete".

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