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[JamesC]

One of the seals in the F23 is recessed a lot further into the geabox housing and will be a harder to extract than the other side. If you are lucky, your leaky one will be on the more exposed side. GL.

Take care to jack and axle stand the car firmly as you may need to exert a lot of force on the seals to get them in and out and you dont want your plastic roller skate landing on your head !

Cheers Nev, fortunately they are both out, 'just' a case of putting them in. To be honest neither were leaking I just felt it was a wise move to replace them while driveshafts were out. If they dont go in properly I might well regret that decision......

[JamesC]

OK so ive given up on this for the night already as ive already damaged one seal trying to put it in. The 46mm socket I bought is just not a great fit, it doesnt quite sit on the outer rim and wont fit through the recess on the gearbox casing so is useless, the wall section of the socket is just too thick. Im starting to regret taking the old seals out already. Does anyone have a suitable tool that will sit on the outer rim of the seal and inside the gearbox casing, I could borrow?

[SteveA]

I never really thought about socket thicknesses being different. I can't lend you the one I used either as I borrowed it from someone else. Might be worth taking a seal down to a machine mart to see if you can find something perfect.

[leevx2.2]

I have a tool That worked made from a inlet of a z20let turbo and a big socket and 2 spare seals but am a little way from you .

[JamesC]

I have a tool That worked made from a inlet of a z20let turbo and a big socket and 2 spare seals but am a little way from you .

Im going to see if I can get something turned today to suit for a sensible price, otherwise would you consider posting it, id cover any costs of course?

[Nev]

I think I used some aluminuim tubing (with a wood butt to take the hammer blows) that happened to be the right diameter.

[JamesC]

Ive had a good hunt around at home and work but nothing around thats a good fit, so cant think of what else to try...

[TheHood]

Do you have a precise measurement for the seal? Part of my job involves this sort of thing, so I may have the correct seal driver in my tool box. Not that I condone this (ahem ) but 9 times out of ten when the right tool isn't available you can usually get away with just carefully tapping them in with a drift. You just GENTLY work you way around tapping at 12 o'clock, 6 o'clock and so on. ETA if you do decide to try the pikey method have a practice on the seal you've already damaged to see how viable it's going to be.

Edited by TheHood, 28 February 2013 - 08:17 PM.

[SteveA]

There is absolutely no chance of doing the pikey method. I ruined two trying. The seal is such a tight fit that without even force on the right part it will break.

[Nev]

How did you get on Lee ?!

[ade]

Just done mine using a modified ball joint socket bit, I'm now having trouble getting the engine end of the driveshaft back into the gearbox, is it ok to give it a light hammering on castle nut end to get it in? Many thanks

[ade]

Done it with gentle movement 😃