New Front Main Seal = Leaks More
Thanks for the help, got it all apart and found this. Seal was broken and the little coil in the seal scored 1/4 circumference of the crankshaft. I have a speedi sleeve for the pulley, but this scoring is on the inner circumference of the crank and the pulley itself rather than the pulley and the seal. Is there a sleeve for the crank itself? Thoughts?
Broken seal. You can imagine the oil leaking from the front engine. Happened at home only driving in the driveway. Couldn't miss the oil puddles.
No worries. The seal seals against the pulley hub on the id and the front cover on the od. The clearance between the pulley id and the crank is too small for oil to leak out there (there is no pressure in that area if you have a working PCV system.
After reading a few other threads sounds like a slight HB wobble might not be a problem?
new seal and speedi sleeve installed. No leaks yet!
However I noticed the HB Pulley was wobbling and I don't remember noticing it before. It's noticeable compared to the other pulleys. I tried to post a 5 second video but the file type isn't supported.
Thinking I may pull the bolt, see if I can get it to seat any more and reinstall the bolt. I'm nervous to pull the HB pulley as I'd rather not interfere with a new seal just installed.
Thoughts?
new seal and speedi sleeve installed. No leaks yet!
However I noticed the HB Pulley was wobbling and I don't remember noticing it before. It's noticeable compared to the other pulleys. I tried to post a 5 second video but the file type isn't supported.
Thinking I may pull the bolt, see if I can get it to seat any more and reinstall the bolt. I'm nervous to pull the HB pulley as I'd rather not interfere with a new seal just installed.
Thoughts?
After reading a few other threads sounds like a slight HB wobble might not be a problem?
new seal and speedi sleeve installed. No leaks yet!
However I noticed the HB Pulley was wobbling and I don't remember noticing it before. It's noticeable compared to the other pulleys. I tried to post a 5 second video but the file type isn't supported.
Thinking I may pull the bolt, see if I can get it to seat any more and reinstall the bolt. I'm nervous to pull the HB pulley as I'd rather not interfere with a new seal just installed.
Thoughts?
new seal and speedi sleeve installed. No leaks yet!
However I noticed the HB Pulley was wobbling and I don't remember noticing it before. It's noticeable compared to the other pulleys. I tried to post a 5 second video but the file type isn't supported.
Thinking I may pull the bolt, see if I can get it to seat any more and reinstall the bolt. I'm nervous to pull the HB pulley as I'd rather not interfere with a new seal just installed.
Thoughts?
Also, you can just post a video to YouTube and post the link here.
https://youtube.com/shorts/4jjk4SF6T...hareHere's the short clip from below
and the clip from above in reference to the other pulleys. HB is the bottom most pulley in view.
and the clip from above in reference to the other pulleys. HB is the bottom most pulley in view.
Pulled the bolt made sure the HB pulley was tight and reinstalled, still wobbles. I'm starting to suspect that tapping the speedi sleeve onto the HB caused the inner and outer parts to move just slightly. My rubber spacer is dry and has cracking but no gaps or chunks missing.
When at 2000rmp the wobble is less visible but could be spinning to fast to tell..
Should I be worried?
Thanks all for the help!
When at 2000rmp the wobble is less visible but could be spinning to fast to tell..
Should I be worried?
Thanks all for the help!
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