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Originally Posted by whizzkid23
The friction you are encountering when mounting the seal can only come from the outer bore. The selector rod has to be free to rotate, so it's absolutely not a tight fit when speaking about the shaft / seal clearance.
This said, the seal is hold in place only by the tight outer bore / seal clearance. Obviously, because of that, it's supposed to be a tight fit, the seal should not move once installed. Applying lubricant on the outside of the seal will not compromise it's ability to seal... it will only lower the ability of the seal to hold itself in place.
... Pay a lot of attention on getting the seal pushed in straight,mostly for the first mm, this is vital! Also...choose a socket that will applicate the force as close as possible to the outside diameter of the seal! The more you go towards the inner bore of the seal, the weaker it's structure gets!
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I agree with most of this. But I'm not concerned at all with the lube on the outside letting it slip out.
Extra agreement is directed at the bold part above. That goes for pressing in almost anything. It applies here too, except you might think it should be easier than it is. It's not.
It took me some finesse to get the seal on straight, the pressing tool (I should have just ditched that and used a better socket) in place and aligned, and then that levering, ironically named wrecker bar pushing just right. Then it went in, after a few failed attempts. As mentioned briefly above, the width of the wrecker bar helped keep this pushing surface flat, which gave me one less thing to worry about vs. using a screwdriver for example. Tough to hold everything in place, then apply the force in just the right direction.
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upallnight's White Lightning, I've got some of that too. Can't bike any more. It is
wax in suspension. So it won't leave unless it melts and runs out. We used to use it here for mountain biking in the rainy season since oil would just be washed out with the water and mud. But the wax would stick on the chain forever, it seemed.