Seal Installation

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timtune

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When installing any kind of oil seal the lip on the inner diameter always goes to the wet side (oil) so any in pressure helps it seal, correct?
 
What seal are we talking about? Normally I would say yes but double lip seals are common (eg fork seals) so the spring goes towards oil and less good lip seal goes towards dirt.
 
Sometimes the dust seal has a spring on the outside.
 
There is only one failsafe rule that always works for seals - follow the service manual.

If you don’t have one, the next best option is to reference the old seal by photographing as you remove it.
 
Mad Mike said:
There is only one failsafe rule that always works for seals - follow the service manual.

If you don’t have one, the next best option is to reference the old seal by photographing as you remove it.
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Unless, of course, you're working on a Yamaha RD or DT or TZ where the Yamaha service manual (that got copied to Haynes manual) clearly shows the two lip main seal, mounted bass ackward
 
bitzz said:
Unless, of course, you're working on a Yamaha RD or DT or TZ where the Yamaha service manual (that got copied to Haynes manual) clearly shows the two lip main seal, mounted bass ackward
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You got me there! Ouch.
 
Don’t forget to put grease all around the spring so it don’t pop out of the area where it seats when you’re installing the seal
 
I’ve installed thousands of seals in my time,

Yes the spring will pop out of the seal if not pressed in, if you hit it with a hammer and seal driver.

So putting grease around the spring holds it into place
 
Like pack it into the "wet" side of the seal?
 
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