Rear Main Bearing Seal Tool; Forming New Seal In Cap; Engine Oil Pan Baffle And Dipstick Tube - Pontiac Grand Prix Service Manual

6-62 1969
PONTIAC SERVICE MANUAL
NOTE:
WEAK ALL SHARP CORNERS
2-1/2'~. MIN.
8
'AWROX.
350 AND 400
NOTE:
B R M ALL SHARP CORNERS
8
A P P R O X .
428
Fig. 6-106 Rear Main Bearing Seal Tool
2. Remove oil pump and baMe (Fig. 6-108).
3. Remove rear main bearing cap.
Fig. 6-107 Forming New Seal in Cap
Fig. 6-108 Engine Oil Pan Baffle and Dipstick Tube
4. Use tool shown in Fig. 6-106 made from brass bar
stock to pack upper seal as follows:
a. Insert tool against one end of the oil seal in the
cylinder block and drive the seal gently into the groove
until the tool bottoms.
b. Remove the tool and repeat at the other end of the
seal in the cylinder block.
5. Clean the block and bearing cap parting line
thoroughly.
6. Form a new seal in the cap (Fig. 6-107).
7. Remove the newly formed seal from the cap and cut
four (4) pieces approximately 318" long from this seal.
8. Work two 3/8" pieces into each of the gaps which
have been made at the end of the seal in the cylinder
block. Without cutting off the ends, work these seal
pieces in until flush with the parting line and until no
fibers are protruding over the metal adjacent to the
groove.
Fig. 6-109 Tool For Removing Upper Half of Main
Bearing