DiscoLew

Active Member

• Jan 10, 2015

• #1

Hi All,

I'm in the middle of changing the front output seal on my series 3, and I can't work out how to remove the seal from the housing. I've removed the housing from the transfer box, and the seal is wedged between the main body of the housing and the front lip. Do I need to drive through from the rear of the seal with a drift?

Cheers,
Lew

 

jamesmartin

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• Jan 10, 2015

• #2

leave tin shield in place and knock seal out from the rear side with a hammer and screw driver etc

 

DiscoLew

Active Member

• Jan 10, 2015

• #3

Hi James,

Thanks for the quick response. How does the seal go past the lip in photo 2: won't the metal lip be damaged?

 

jamesmartin

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• Jan 10, 2015

• #4

there is no lip thats part of the seal its tin outer case

 

DiscoLew

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• Jan 10, 2015

• #5

I've got you - thanks very much mate

 

DiscoLew

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• Jan 10, 2015

• #6

Well that didn't so so well....when I hammer it, it's just deforming the metal ring in picture 1 - it won't seem to go past the lip in picture 2?

 

Last edited: Jan 10, 2015

jamesmartin

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• Jan 10, 2015

• #7

screw driver wants to be hitting the seal as pic 1 so it comes out of pic 2 side

 

DiscoLew

Active Member

• Jan 10, 2015

• #8

Is the metal ring/lip supposed to come out too?

 

jamesmartin

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• Jan 10, 2015

• #9

yes its a leather type seal in steel case

 

DiscoLew

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• Jan 10, 2015

• #10

OK, can't seem to get is past the lip in picture 2, the screwdriver is just punching through the metal plate.

 

jamesmartin

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• Jan 10, 2015

• #11

there is no lip in pic 2 ,just the outer tin mud shield pressed over the housing ,with the seal sat in it waiting to be punched out from the other side

 

jamesmartin

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• Jan 10, 2015

• #12

google frc1780 and youll see what later seals look like without the steel showing

 

DiscoLew

Active Member

• Jan 10, 2015

• #13

No matter how hard I hit it from behind, I can't seem to budge it!

 

jamesmartin

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• Jan 10, 2015

• #14

sometimes the get really stuck but it will come out as i said

 

oxides

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• Jan 10, 2015

• #15

You could try chiselling through the metal part from the ouside, splitting it to loosen it. The metal seals can be a b, once spent two hours removing one from the rear diff. Brute force and persistence, I'm afraid.

 

Bennehboy

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• Jan 10, 2015

• #16

Sounds like you need a set of decent steel drifts (or brass for bits you need to keep)...

 

SpringDon

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• Jan 10, 2015

• #17

Bennehboy said:

Sounds like you need a set of decent steel drifts (or brass for bits you need to keep)...

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+1. Drift rather than screwdriver so it will be less prone to punch through.

 

DiscoLew

Active Member

• Jan 10, 2015

• #18

Thanks for the advice chaps. Got this far, will try again tomorrow:

 

DiscoLew

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• Jan 10, 2015

• #19

Might just get a new one, it's only £14! GENUINE LAND ROVER RETAINER ASSEMBLY PART NO 236541 | eBay

 

oxides

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• Jan 10, 2015

• #20

Oh, that looks so familiar..... Keep at it, it'll go eventually.