Rear seal installation guide device
CA 1254369 A · Owner: Bryce, James L. · Inventors: Bryce, James L.
Overview
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This application relates to a guide device or tool to facilitate the replacement of the upper rear seal in an internal combustion engine. The seal is mounted on a semicircular rigid seal retainer with an outer flange, and the guide device provides for their reinstallation with the flange being received in a curved groove in the block without requiring the removal of the crankshaft from the engine block. The guide device is bolted to the block using one of the empty bolt holes normally used to hold the lower rear main bearing in place. The device has a steel body with an arc shaped edge which extends around a portion of the crankshaft and a number of spaced pins which project from one side …
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- Granted May 23, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 23, 2006.
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