Yes, Jeff you will pretty much destroy the old pinion seal. the flat part
of the seal will face you with the u shaped side facing in towards the diff.
Plan on your old seal being pretty hard to remove. I would suggest screws
screwed into it so you could pull or push on them. if you were so inclined
the easiest way to do it would be to find really long metal screws and put
them through a block of 2 X 4 and into the seal. Then you could hammer out
the block and take the seal with it. Many ways of doing it.
Patrick Bowen
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff McNeal [mailto:jmcneal@ohms.com]
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 12:25 PM
To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Pinion seal orientation
My replacement differential pinion seal arrived the other day. I plan on
tackling the repair this weekend. It's made of rubber and has a semi-flat
side and a deeper grooved side. Assuming that I'm going to have to destroy
the old pinion seal before being able to take a good look at it, I was
hoping that someone who has replaced one of these things can tell me what
the correct orientation is. Flat side facing in (towards the center of the
diff) or out (driveshaft side)?
Thank you. And for what it's worth, I really regret starting that thread
about anti-theft devices. I had no idea it could deteriorate into the mess
that it has. I've decided to install the hidden kill switch as I really see
no downside in doing it.
Best wishes,
Jeff in San Diego
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