The crankshaft can also become out of balance ... but may be a bit scared of the unknown and how to properly replace the seals. The most common method to replace a seal is to hammer it into ...

The crankshaft rear oil seal on GM's LS-type V8 is housed within a large cast-aluminum cover that's bolted to the back of the block. To ensure rear oil seal concentricity during installation ...

See All 10 Photos 01.Bob held up my 289’s harmonic balancer to reveal two grooves that allow oil to leak past the end of the crankshaft seal installed ... 10 Photos 02. To install a repair ...

Crankshaft endplay for both Fords and Chevys should be between 0.004 and 0.009 inch. See All 17 Photos If you have the correct amount of endplay, go ahead and install the rear main seal before ...

the rotational forces of the crankshaft, corrosion from road salt and other environmental factors. The traditional fix for a leaking main seal is to replace it, but because of the typically high ...

Across the engine block are all kinds of different seals: The head gasket sandwiches between the block and cylinder head (where the valves live), the output shaft seal (or, rear crank seal ... It may ...

The fix: GM has instructed dealership technicians to replace the crankshaft ... Affected components: crankshaft balancer, crankshaft front main seal, crankshaft balancer bolt, A/C belt.

Recently I was informed, after the first service at one year/10,000kms that the timing seal/crankshaft seal needs to be replaced as there was a very minor oil leak. I was shocked as it’s a brand-new ...