Re: rear main seal replacement

[Schuyler Wrobel <schuyler62@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I plan on doing the same thing on my 62 (replace the rear main seal w/o 
removing the crank),
I even bought a special tool to do the job, and saved a magazine 
article about it somewhere.
so, yes, it can be done.
Schuyler
Schuyler 62 Dodge Dart 440 wagon w/ Poly 318
 <http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-wrobel62.html>

On Apr 11, 2005, at 1:30 PM, tom hecht wrote:
> i can't speak for small blocks, but in the past, i have pulled several
> main caps on 440's to check the bearings, and since nobody told me i
> couldn't, i put them back together and the engines ran fine.
>
> tom
> 65 satellite
>
>
> Brian Safford <bsafford@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> The mechanic working on my 1962 Poly 318 is going to attempt to 
> replace the rear main seal w/o removing the crank - says he should be 
> able to just slide it in.
>
> What chance of success do you experts think he'll have?
>
> He also says that if he can't I'll then have to replace all the crank 
> bearings when he removes the caps - says you can't re-use the crank 
> bearings once you've removed the caps.
>
> Bearings aren't that expensive, but I'd rather not incur the expense 
> unless I have to.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Brian
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