Old Mechanic's Trick???, Packing main seals with grease |
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Old Mechanic's Trick???, Packing main seals with grease |
BMartin914 |
Aug 31 2005, 12:53 PM
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||| Group: Members Posts: 1,408 Joined: 30-May 04 From: Oregon Member No.: 2,128 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Does anyone pack their main (front, rear, etc.) seals with grease to help with the sealing process?
I have gotten conflicting opinions on whether or not to pack the cavity of seals with a high temperature grease before installing. Does this help? Is it unnecessary? Just looking for some opinions. TIA. |
Sammy |
Aug 31 2005, 01:01 PM
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. Group: Members Posts: 1,190 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Orange, Ca Member No.: 178 |
Yes. Do it. Not really a pack, but a wipe should be enough.
Seals don't like to run dry. The lips burn and the shaft gets scarred if they run dry. Then they leak. The only exception to this is if you have a neoprene or natural rubber seal designed to seal water. They don't like grease. |
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