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Old 01-22-2014, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by JCL View Post
I have a sense that you haven't done this type of work before. Perhaps you could ask a friend or or acquaintance with technical training to drop over?

The problem with using a press is that you don't get any feedback. I haven't done this on a BMW but it looks just like many other vehicles. Install it like any other similar seal. To the same depth as the old one.
You are right I have never dealt with pressing seals before. I want to make sure I do this right the first time so that I don't later have oil spilling on the floor, or have to replace the seal because I damaged it or installed it incorrectly.

I think what freaked me out the most is that BMW has special tools that press the seal into the cover. I don't have those tools, so I'm having to find another way of doing it.
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