| I am doing the full 120k maintenance, and everything is going smoothly as it usually does but i cant seem to get past something in my head so im looking for help. Yes I have read every post matching the search "crank seal". So, when inserting said crank seal, i used no special technique, and it went in fairly easily which scares me. All my front seals went in effortlessly, the crank seal was not without effort but it was not difficult. I pretty much just inserted what i could of the seal (some people refer to the seal in terms of top and bottom, i prefer ID and OD..). I Starting from the top of the motor ( because it really doesn't matter) i inserted the crank seal over the "step" of the crank. Instantly and effortlessly about 75% of the seals circumference seemed to insert over the lip just fine.. so the bottom portion of the seal is still not over the lip yet. I used my fingers and work the ID of the seal up and onto that little unchamfered edge and it goes. Then I use the flat end of a socket to tap it ever so lightly in in a circular and then cross pattern motion (as you would with tightening tire lugs). This seats the seal perfectly from what i can tell... I run my finger around the OD of the seal and it feels like the minute recess is even all the way around (IE, seems flush). So all this being said, how do I tell if the seals spring has popped out or not? I have done a few service kits before but never the main seal on the crank. The way i picture it in my head is that if the spring popped out of the back of the seal, then i might not be able to seat it easily. But there is also a "vacancy" of sorts behind the seal that this spring COULD roll up on.. paranoia maybe.. just would rather post a question than tear down the front again. I guess what i am mostly worried about is that the ID of this seal caught an edge and either tore or rolled and id never know.
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