Ive done dozens of them but decided to buy the gould kit to have the tooling and it actually comes with two seal kits. I actually learned a couple tricks from the dvd that i didnt know before.

Any oil resistant rtv will work. Ive used grey, black, red and blue. Never had any leak

Yea... It was dry. Marked right on the seal "Install dry". Real PITA to smack in with the cover in place.

I always pull the cover, pop the seal out, clean all the old rtv/gasket out. Then when I install the seal, I use a small chunk of 2x4 laid flat across the seal installer and tap right in the center to make the seal go in straight. Takes a couple of times and seal goes right in. After the frustrating part is done I clean the front of the gear case and clean all the gears up. Finally run a solid bead of rtv on the cover and make a circle around each bolt hole.

Edited February 2, 201510 yr by mopartechnician

I put a stick through my radiator over the summer. While I had the old radiator out and fan out I figured it was as good a time as any to - 1) remove the damper to do a thorough inspection, 2) pull the cover to check the KDP, and 3) change the front main seal that was just starting to get a little damp.

You can have the damper and the front cover off in less than a half hour.

I agree. It's not too difficult to remove the cover to replace the seal. Takes a little finess to tap the new one in though. The napa kit comes with the expander-sleeve slide-over cone which allows you to re-install cover without damaging the seal lip.

 

Overall the job is not too difficult and it's a good opportunity to first pressurewash before taking everything apart & then once back together you can watch closely to see where oil leaks (if any) may originate from.

Edited February 12, 201510 yr by Ironforger

I did mine last night, I read to put some red loc tight on so i tried. I doubt much was left on by the time I actually got the seal installed, what a booger to get in!

I've checked mine a few times and its dry as a bone. The one that didn't take very good was the vacuum pump. It leaking not bad but its leaving a wet spot on the cross member frame.

Mine was dry after 158k but i wasn't gonna put the cover back on without a new seal