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how do ya get them dang oil seals out?

To: spitfires <spitfires@autox.team.net>,
Subject: how do ya get them dang oil seals out?
From: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 13:07:38 -0500
Now I just *know* someone out there has solved this problem.  Fess up! :-)

I'm trying to get the front oil seal out of my GT6's bellhousing.  Naively, I
assumed it was just rubber and began worrying it out with a knife blade--
enough to bung it up good; but I can't get it out.  I finally got rid of the
rubber by soaking the thing in acetone, and now I can see the problem is a
steel ring that looks like a press fit.  It's in there so tight that prying is
useless.  The only other idea I've had is heat.

any BTDT much appreciated!
--
Douglas Frank  Compaq Computer Corp.  Friendship, n.
ZKO            110 Spit Brook Rd.     A ship big enough to carry two in
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