Trying to put a seal in my supercharger and need advice........
Trying to put a seal in my supercharger and need advice........
The seal is made out of metal and rubber and I don't have a press. I have two ideas. 1. Put the seal in the freezer and put the metal housing off the supercharger in the oven and warm up to about 300 degrees. Then try and press in the seal with a piece of wood and some oil. 2. Find a place that has a press and have them press it in for me. What kind of shops would have a press for this? Vas, if you are reading this I was hoping to call you tomorrow as I didn't want to call you too late. I know you said that you were able to press this bearing in by hand but it seems like a VERY tight fit. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
This is a DIY. These seals go in very easy, just make sure you are square with the bore. use some aluminium or wood across the seal and just tap it in with a small hammer. When I say across, I men the outer edge (metal). You should not have to heat anything up or cool the seal down. The metal on the outside is thin, and acts like a spring.
I have installed plenty of these in gear boxes.
When installing a bearing in to a bore, I like to put it in some dry ice. This allows the bearing to shrink enough to just drop in to place, zero impact on the bearing. Works great
If you need to put a shaft through a bearing, cool the shaft, slides right in.
I have installed plenty of these in gear boxes.
When installing a bearing in to a bore, I like to put it in some dry ice. This allows the bearing to shrink enough to just drop in to place, zero impact on the bearing. Works great
If you need to put a shaft through a bearing, cool the shaft, slides right in.
Last edited by Boosted Performance; Mar 31, 2010 at 08:22 PM.
This is a DIY. These seals go in very easy, just make sure you are square with the bore. use some aluminium or wood across the seal and just tap it in with a small hammer. When I say across, I men the outer edge (metal). You should not have to heat anything up or cool the seal down. The metal on the outside is thin, and acts like a spring.
I have installed plenty of these in gear boxes.
When installing a bearing in to a bore, I like to put it in some dry ice. This allows the bearing to shrink enough to just drop in to place, zero impact on the bearing. Works great
If you need to put a shaft through a bearing, cool the shaft, slides right in.
I have installed plenty of these in gear boxes.
When installing a bearing in to a bore, I like to put it in some dry ice. This allows the bearing to shrink enough to just drop in to place, zero impact on the bearing. Works great
If you need to put a shaft through a bearing, cool the shaft, slides right in.
Yes, you are on the right track but you don't need to freeze the seal. It is very flexible and will pop right in without much effort. You can put a bit of oil on the ouside to help it slide a bit better.
Freezing the bearings is good, as they are much more solid and do not flex like the seal.
Last edited by Boosted Performance; Mar 31, 2010 at 08:45 PM.
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I took pics of the whole process and planned on putting together a DIY for everyone. Honestly for the input shaft seal it's a very easy job. The hardest part was taking my supercharger out but that only took about an hour. I'd say the whole job could be done in 2-3 hours. Now for the inner impeller shaft seal I'd add another hour to the job (I didn't replace that just because it's not leaking and I didn't want to replace it unless I had to). I'll have the DIY posted tonight.....
$68 for a seal?
Opps! Well at least I didn't pay someone $300 to rebuild it lol I though $68 (2 seals) was a deal, guess not. Live and learn.....
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