> I fitted the felt seal to my rear bearing cap yesterday. I followed
> the recommended cut into 1" lengths, soak in Wellaseal for 30
> minutes, then start ramming the pieces home with a suitable tool. The
> only thing that worried me slightly about the operation was that the
> Wellaseal started to ooze out from behind the circular part of the
> aluminium seal and also from where the bearing cap sits down into the
> block. I had to go chasing the goo as it ran down inside the block.
> Is this normal?
Reasonably so, yes. I'd say you're getting a bit much Wellseal in the felt,
the book says only to dip the felt in shellac, not soak it. But it
shouldn't hurt anything, even if you don't get all the oozing cleaned up.
And too much is better than too little, here.
Randall
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