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: opposite of offset rear main seal??


stangslayer
Jul 10th, 04, 1:38 PM
My engine was rebuilt about 4000 miles ago along with getting the crank ground 10/10. then I rebuild it again 1000 miles ago (detonated a hyperutectic piston) and had the crank polished. then 100-200 miles ago I developed a rear main seal leak that was getting worse and worse.

I have the pan off and looking at the rear seal journal, I can see 2 worn spots(one from the original seal and one from the relocating seal I'm using now). actually it looks more like pitting than a worn down gouge like I thought it would look like. Is that typically what it looks like? Anyways, the wear from relocated seal lip looks worse than the wear from the original. Is there anything I can do to fill in or get rid of the pitting short of pulling the crank and having it polished, maybe ground away? I'm using a Victor Rienz relocating seal right now. Do other brands like fel-pro or others make a seal with a different offset than victor? or maybe offset to the other side of the stock seal lip?

dyno jonn
Jul 10th, 04, 2:27 PM
I don't know about relocated, but FEL PRO makes single lip, double lip, and teflon rear main seals for small blocks.