Reply With QuoteNo, I did it without the tool, but it would be much easier with it. It's not super difficult to accomplish.Anyway is this tool really necessary?
This goes out to those of you that have removed your crank or transmission. First the manual calls for a shirt detent tool when reinstalling the flywheel. The tool goes into the right crankcase and holds the little mechanism in place that actuates the neutral sensor. Or something like that. Anyway is this tool really necessary?
AND when installing the flywheel, is the crankshaft alignment tool really necessary?
No, I did it without the tool, but it would be much easier with it. It's not super difficult to accomplish.Anyway is this tool really necessary?
Adams you're the man when it comes to fabrication and maintanence SO I guess I should be able to get it all back together without TOO much trouble. Thanks for the reply.
That leads me to my next question..... ....what's a good alternative for the HD special assembly grease or whatever the manual calls for?
assembly lube
you can use a metric socket (i forgot the size, maybe 9-10mm) for the neutral detent. or, you can assemble the cases about 85%, then use a pick or screwdriver to position the neutral location.
when you get it together, youll see what i mean.
Ok. Thanks for the tips. The assembly lube... .... Is that something I can just find at my favorite AutoParts store?
Yup
Ok. So I'm seriously stalling on my rebuild. Here's why... ...when I installed my crank and put the crank case halves back together the spacer, on the stator side of the crank, just fell right out. It's the spacer that goes between the out put shaft and the output shaft seal.
Now I'm stalling cause I can't figure out if this is normal. I've done a little research and only found one place in the service manual that addresses this spacer. It's in the section that addresses replacing the out put shaft oil seal. And in this section it states that if the spacer is removed then the oil seal needs to be replaced.
My oil seal was not leaking prior to the rebuild and only had about 5k before I had to split the cases to chase my transmission problem.
Any advice or guidance is greatly appreciated.
Your best bet would be to replace it don't think you would want to pull it a part again because it is leaking . If you replace you know it will not leak. (piece of mind).
I was thinking the same thing. Only thing holding me back is the fact that I don't have the special tools required to seat the stinking seal.
AND I definitely NEVER want to rebuild this thing AGAIN!
Anyone on here have any experiance doing an out put shaft oil seal without the required tools?
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