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- 1999
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I have replaced the front crank seal 3 times in a 99 ranger 4.0 and still can not keep it from leaking. And it leaks really bad. I believe that it is the seal leaking because there is oil, drips, on the underside of the water pump but no signs of oil above that point. And of course lots of oil below that point and spread out all the way to the front fender well on the driver side. With lots of oil on the power steering fluid cooling fins below the front of the engine etc.
I replaced the harmonic balancer instead of using a repair sleeve because I have not been able to determine where the seal should set in the timing cover and the sleeve does not extend the full length of the balancer shaft. Another thing that seems to happen is as I place the balancer on the crank it seems to be pushing the seal in instead of slipping through it. I’ve oilded both the inside of the seal and the balancer shaft. This last time I set the seal in about three eights of an inch, and noticed that as the balancer went on the seal moved back.
So I’ve been thinking next time I will leave the seal flush with timing cover and let the plastic ring around the balancer seat the seal. I don’t like the idea of the plastic ring rubbing on the seal, but just don’t know what else to do? Does anybody know what that plastic ring is for or just how to do this?
I replaced the harmonic balancer instead of using a repair sleeve because I have not been able to determine where the seal should set in the timing cover and the sleeve does not extend the full length of the balancer shaft. Another thing that seems to happen is as I place the balancer on the crank it seems to be pushing the seal in instead of slipping through it. I’ve oilded both the inside of the seal and the balancer shaft. This last time I set the seal in about three eights of an inch, and noticed that as the balancer went on the seal moved back.
So I’ve been thinking next time I will leave the seal flush with timing cover and let the plastic ring around the balancer seat the seal. I don’t like the idea of the plastic ring rubbing on the seal, but just don’t know what else to do? Does anybody know what that plastic ring is for or just how to do this?
