[ROVERNET - UK] 3.5 Rear main seal replacement

[Shirley & Barry Lafbery]

Hi Bill
        When I did my 3500s rear main seal I bought an SD1 seal took the 
block to a machine shop (actually the one at work) and had them machine the 
block with the rear main cap in place to take the SD1 seal it worked out 
great and I never had a problem.

Barry

>
> I'm wondering if any of you have replaced your rear main oil seal (the 
> rope style) with a neoprene one..........I''ve got one from D&D but the 
> intructions are befuddling me...............You are to run a small bead of 
> silicone out to the V shaped groove on the main cap......(good so 
> far)...Now it says after installing the cap, and torqing it..... inject 
> silicone (with supplied syringe) in the V shaped groove of the main 
> cap......making sure the silicone fills the groove all the way to the 
> bottom.................HOWEVER i'm looking at the cap and the rear flange 
> on the crank which runs in this V groove...........If i inject silicone 
> here its mostly going to go to the main bearing side ........obviously not 
> good............Have any of you used this seal from D&D so maybe you could 
> explain it better.............I phoned Mark at D&D this morning and 
> thought i understood but now i'm not sure and they are closed till Wed or 
> Thurs and i'd like to get going here on my days off
>
> Thanks
> Bill Robertson
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