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Re: [oletrucks] Rear main seal replacement

To: Joe Clark <jclark1@utk.edu>
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Rear main seal replacement
From: Grant Galbraith <trks@javanet.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 12:47:00 -0500
Its Volume 7, number 6. They are at www.thisoldtruck.com./

Grant

Joe Clark wrote:

> Grant/Bob:
> Mine's lealing too.  Any idea what issue that is???
> Joe
>
> On 12 Dec 99, at 18:39, Grant Galbraith wrote:
>
> > The nice thing about GMC's (IMO) is that they have insert bearings. Our own 
>Bob
> > ADler has a thorough article in this months This Old Truck on replacing the
> > seals. Worth sending for a copy if your not in a big hurry.
> >
> > Grant
> > 50 Chevy 3100
> > 52 GMC 150
> >
> > Rob Steinmetz wrote:
> >
> > >     Could someone explain how to replace a rear main seal in a 1950 228 
>GMC?
> > > The engine has babbit-poured bearings, and I am unsure how to take the 
>crank
> > > out without damaging the bearing surface.  Is it possible to loosen all 
>the
> > > bearing caps to allow the crank to move out of the way of the rope seal?
> > >     I bought a replacement rope seal from NAPA for the repair.  Is this a
> > > good quality seal, or is there a better type available?  I don't want to 
>do
> > > this job twice if I can help it.
> > >
> > > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> >
> >
> >
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> >
>
> Joe Clark
> '50 3100 Deluxe
> Knoxville, Tennessee



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