07-27-2013, 05:00 AM
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RMS Tool Needed
Is anyone willing to lend me their rear main seal too? I will pay shipping and take great care of it and ship it back with in a day.
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07-27-2013, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by JAAY
Is anyone willing to lend me their rear main seal too? I will pay shipping and take great care of it and ship it back with in a day.
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You are asking someone to lend out a tool that is (a) hard to come by, and (b) cost nearly $500.
Another way is to use a 3 inch PVC pipe coupler:
A simpler, if not as elegant, tool can be made from a 3" CPVC pipe coupler (this is a straight sleeve with a small ridge halfway through for the plastic pipes to rest against) found at any Lowes or Home Depot:
Use the original flywheel bolts that are finger tightened until they rest on the center ridge, then use a cross tightening pattern until the correct insertion depth from the flywheel flange is reached.
A around $4, it comes as a ready to use tool for the DIY project that will probably only use it once in their lifetime instead of the $500 OEM tool??
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07-27-2013, 11:15 AM
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All the seals I have received (Victor Reinz) ship with a installment collar that guides it over the crankshaft.
I use a small hammer to tap the seals in.. takes 3-5 min. max.
I have never used the factory tool or the PVC?? Am I missing something? We have literally done 100's this way since 04 or so.
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07-27-2013, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Brad Roberts
All the seals I have received (Victor Reinz) ship with a installment collar that guides it over the crankshaft.
I use a small hammer to tap the seals in.. takes 3-5 min. max.
I have never used the factory tool or the PVC?? Am I missing something? We have literally done 100's this way since 04 or so.
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The biggest reason for the PTFE seal to leak is improper installation (wrong depth, but more commonly uneven depth due to the seal not going in straight. Second is the seal or crank not being perfectly clean.). With the latest Porsche tool, it is impossible to not get it in straight or set at the wrong depth. But $500 is a bit much for a one time DIY project, so we have seen several done with the CPVC coupler, and they all worked perfectly.
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07-27-2013, 01:23 PM
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07-27-2013, 02:01 PM
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Thanks JFP!! (I forget your name)
The $139 tool from eBay looks pretty good. Price isn't bad. It's inevitable that I end up at the track without this tool.. and I end up using a hammer  For $139 We could buy two. One for the track box and one for the shop box.
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07-27-2013, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Brad Roberts
Thanks JFP!! (I forget your name)
The $139 tool from eBay looks pretty good. Price isn't bad. It's inevitable that I end up at the track without this tool.. and I end up using a hammer For $139 We could buy two. One for the track box and one for the shop box. |
That is not the correct tool.................
Should look like this:
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07-28-2013, 03:57 AM
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Thanks for all the input.
PVC I'm guess it is.
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