I just put the cover on with the seal installed and the seal will center up the cover. I bolt the oil pan on without a gasket installed to align the front and rear covers and tighten the two bolts that hold the covers to the pan first and then the ones going to the block. I've never had a seal failure. Then again I've never had an LS1 engine last 50,000 miles either.Wouldn't that be the day.
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I installed mine that way and when it was pulled off it had a bad wear spot in it....Originally Posted by RedHeartbeat
I just put the cover on with the seal installed and the seal will center up the cover. I bolt the oil pan on without a gasket installed to align the front and rear covers and tighten the two bolts that hold the covers to the pan first and then the ones going to the block. I've never had a seal failure. Then again I've never had an LS1 engine last 50,000 miles either.
2007 CCSB Z71 VortecMax: Stock!
Thing is, that's pretty much the way GM tells you do to it with an alignment tool only you're using the oil pan as the alignment tool. Unless you have the tool that aligns it side to side then there is really no better way that I've seen or read about. How have you been installing them?
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If my memory serves me right the seal lip faces inward so when you push it on it has a tendency to pop outward. I used a piece of string to walk around the flange and pop it back out then I installed all the cover bolts finger tight with the oil pan on with the gasket, the oil pan was already TQ'ed down to spec then I aligned the two bottom bolts and eye-balled the gasket to make sure it wasnt off bad then tightened everything down. I wish I had that kent moore tool set, one day I will have it.
2007 CCSB Z71 VortecMax: Stock!
I just want to get the damn engine in and fired up.
1951 3100
1984 C10
The rear seal comes with an installation tool from GM. That's what that white thing is in the middle. Leave it in the middle and just push the seal onto the crankshaft.
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The only thing that I replaced on that rear cover was the gasket when I went to take the broken bolt out of it..
1951 3100
1984 C10
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