<VV> Front crank seal

[Frank DuVal]

I'm with you. Used wheel bearing grease for years.

Frank DuVal

BBRT wrote:

> Any high temp grease.
>
> Chuck S
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim McLott" 
> <jim_mclott at bellsouth.net>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 6:59 PM
> Subject: <VV> Front crank seal
>
>
>> Sometimes having lots of Corvair reference material ("the books") can be
>> almost as much of a problem as not having enough.
>>
>> I'm about to put a new front crank seal in Christine and am wondering 
>> what
>> kind of lubricant to apply to the lips on the inner circumference of the
>> bellhousing seal that contact the crankshaft.  One source (the shop 
>> manual)
>> says Lubriplate, another source (written by an author with the 
>> initial BH)
>> says high temperature wheel bearing moly grease.
>>
>> Is there a significant difference between the two?  Does it matter 
>> which I
>> use?
>>
>> This is the second time I've had the engine out in two years (first 
>> time was
>> a for a torque converter seal) and I don't want to have to do it 
>> again. My
>> wife says it's scary how quickly I can drop the engine now (an 
>> afternoon)
>> and that is not A Good Thing.
>>
>> Jim McLott & Christine, the 1966 Monza convertible she-devil
>> Member: CORSA, Corvair Atlanta and Group Red (again!)
>>
>> http://www.wittelaw.com/personal/groupred/mclott.htm
>>
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