Front crank seal

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(12-23-2024 )Volvo8873 Wrote:  Mine was the same way! Made me think twice on what I was possibly doing wrong! Lol

Maannnn I'm tellin ya, I had a serious 'O $hit' moment after it pulled the 2nd time. Did not expect it to do that. Read the procedure a couple times and watched a couple videos on the R/I of the seal, so I thought this was gonna be cake...not so much. The video I saw looked to be a later model truck, so maybe after 10yrs and 900k, that seal wasn't ready to let go lol!

(12-23-2024 )Btech Wrote:  ...I'll say the cummins one worked a little better, but I still had to take a second bite with the screws before it pulled the old seal all the way out.
The only advantage the cummins one had was you could put 8 screws into the seal instead of just the 6 my aftermarket one has holes for, wouldn't be hard to remedy that issue though.

Guess I never realized the Cummins had more holes. That would definitely help. Almost wonder if bringing the crank slowly to couple hundred degrees would help the blue residue let go?