Are you talking about the retainer for the top half of the rear seal?
The front seal is in the timing cover.
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| Author: | USAJon [ Mon Jan 05, 2015 8:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | is the front aluminum seal main cap an failure issue? |
does this item fail a lot on slant hi per engines? would a custom steel one solve the issue if there is one? |
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| Author: | slantzilla [ Mon Jan 05, 2015 9:23 am ] |
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Are you talking about the retainer for the top half of the rear seal? The front seal is in the timing cover.
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| Author: | USAJon [ Mon Jan 05, 2015 11:06 am ] |
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I guess it's aluminum with 2 bolts |
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| Author: | 63Valiant [ Mon Jan 05, 2015 3:58 pm ] |
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If it looks like this it's the rear seal: 
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| Author: | USAJon [ Mon Jan 05, 2015 4:20 pm ] |
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yep that's the one/thanks ! |
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| Author: | DusterIdiot [ Mon Jan 05, 2015 5:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Lol... |
The only failure is if you put the lip on the wrong side and don't follow Doc's article on setting it up correctly. |
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| Author: | Greg Ondayko [ Mon Jan 05, 2015 6:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: is the front aluminum seal main cap an failure issue? |
Quote: does this item fail a lot on slant hi per engines?
No.Quote: would a custom steel one solve the issue if there is one?
No I don't think so - as I don't believe there is any issue with this part. Its not load bearing Part - Just holds half of the seal in place. Greg |
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