Front main oil seal

[Stroked777]

How bad is it to do the oil seal cab on? Do I need special tools? What's involved and what needs to be taken off if anything (besides the belts and harmonic balancer)

 

[6.4 Stroker]

Not bad, just remove everything from the radiator forward.
I just used a 2X4 and a rubber mallet. Try to keep it straight as possible.

 

[webb06]

How bad is it to do the oil seal cab on? Do I need special tools? What's involved and what needs to be taken off if anything (besides the belts and harmonic balancer)

Easily do able with cab on. No need to remove radiator or anything forward of it. You can remove the fan,fan clutch, top section of the fan shroud and the part of the shroud that bolts to the engine all without removing the radiator. This will give you plenty of room to perform the repair.

Nice to have the seal install tool but not absolutely necessary. You can usually use the pulley to press the wear sleeve onto the crankshaft.

 

[Stroked777]

How does the balancer come off? Need to pull it with a puller?

 

[Cknox121]

How does the balancer come off? Need to pull it with a puller?

Mine u bolted and pulled right off by hand.

Edit: order new bolts for it
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[Stroked777]

Well if I don't need to get a puller for it then I see it being an easy job. Just my next question is how to put the seal on

 

[DEEZUZ]

Well, the new seal has a wear sleeve. Of course with that comes a special tool seal installed. But someone else will chime in and say use some sort of pvc and half the old seal, a 2x4, and then wish upon a lucky star it doesnt leak after its installed.... what do I know

 

[webb06]

It'll be tricky to install the wear sleeve without either having the correct tool or making one like I have.

 

[Stroked777]

Alrighty I'll look into getting one. There's not a wear sleeve on there now is there?

 

[webb06]

Shouldn't be

 

[DEEZUZ]

No but if there is, it's nothing a hammer and chisel can't handle

 

[Stroked777]

Where can I get the driver? Ford for 300 bucks HA

 

[webb06]

Where can I get the driver? Ford for 300 bucks HA

Try freedom racing. You can rent from them as well

 

[krasselt21]

if you are friends with your local ford shop, they might let you borrow it for the day.

 

[NathannialD]

Try freedom racing. You can rent from them as well

that was going to be my suggestion as well, ive rented my dmax seal installers a ton of times.

 

[Motostroker]

Freedom racing. Like 110$ I think?