Subject: [Healeys] Steering box oil seal

From: Roger Grace via Healeys <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2021 12:27:28 -0800

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Trying to replace the steering box oil seal on my BJ8 in situ.
Using modified pitman puller managed to get the arm off.
Now struggling to get the old oil seal out.
Any ideas/techniques appreciated ?
Only about 1/8 in gap between splines and housing.
Been making small hook with steel rod (bike spoke) but can"t get grip on
the steel ring.
Fellow AH person suggested drilling hole and inserting a screw to pull on ?
All thoughts appreciated.
rg

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Trying to replace the steering box oil seal on my BJ8=
 in situ.</div><div>Using modified pitman puller managed to get the arm off=
.</div><div>Now struggling to get the old oil seal out.</div><div>Any ideas=
/techniques appreciated ?<br></div><div>Only about 1/8 in gap between splin=
es and housing.</div><div>Been making small hook with steel rod (bike spoke=
) but can&quot;t get grip on the steel ring.</div><div>Fellow AH person sug=
gested drilling hole and inserting a screw to pull on ?</div><div>All thoug=
hts appreciated.</div><div>rg<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div i=
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From: Bob Spidell <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2021 13:02:46 -0800

I did it once, similar to what you've tried, but with 2 - 1/8" steel 
rods. I either flattened, or ground one end of each rod, then bent the 
tip 90deg as a hook. You want to push the rods up with the 'hooks' 
facing away from the rocker shaft, so that it grabs inside the steel 
sleeve of the seal to pull it out. Then, you can use the unflattened 
ends to tap the new seal in.

I think most people now use a couple of the thinner seals, as the 
proper, original-type seal is unavailable (I bought a spare from Gary 
Hemphill way back when).

Bob

On 2/11/2021 12:27 PM, Roger Grace via Healeys wrote:
> Been making small hook with steel rod (bike spoke) but can"t get grip 
> on the steel ring.

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Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:32:52 +0000 FRdpvohhsFwdWZ7RV8AZF4IHrmo/qFd8tGV8vKstArctpD+1NrT5VL9a

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