[TR] rear oil seal TR3

[tr3abobm77 at frontier.com]

I did mine two years ago. I bought the seal from Joe Alexander as soon as I found out he was selling the Marx seal. I probably have close to 1000 miles on it now and I am not getting oil spots on the floor any more. Since I have a lathe I machined my old scroll seal halves myself to accept the new seal. I don't know if my engine is unique but I find the centering tools totally usless as once you snug down the bearing cap the seal can't move in any direction anyway so it is basically self centering. I had to grind the ends of the flywheel bolts slightly to make sure they didn't hit the seal. So far I am satisfied and since it is totally reversible I am out only the cost of the seal if it fails.

Bob Maassel
tr3abobm77 at frontier.com
1959 TR3A
 

________________________________
 From: Frank Fisher <yellowtr3 at yahoo.com>
To: "triumphs at autox.team.net" <triumphs at autox.team.net> 
Sent: Tuesday, May 7, 2013 11:19 AM
Subject: [TR] rear oil seal TR3
  

would love to hear testimony from those who have used the "new" rear oil seal for the TR3 motors.
the one that does not require the crank be machined.
Frank

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