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Front Crank Seal Special Tools Necessary?

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Old 10-19-2013, 09:00 AM
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Front Crank Seal Special Tools Necessary?

Noticed a slow oil leak/seep out of my front crank seal this morning. Figure it might be a good idea to replace the harmonic damper and seal at the same time sometime in over the next year.

The repair guide mentions a quite few special tools for the getting the seal out and in - 11 8 270, 11 8 290, 11 8 242, 11 2 320, and 11 8 241. First question is do I really need all of these? Second is, if I do, any idea on a way to borrow them? Anyone have these and be willing to lend them out with compensation?
 
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Did a little searching and found this for getting the seal out:


Looks like it should work pretty well. Anyone have experience with it?

For the pulley, ran across this thread which discusses some possibilities on pulling and pressing it back in.
 
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