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I just received the new rear main seal kit from TRF. I believe these are fabricated by Alexander Racing Enterprises (ARE). This seal kit does not require any machining of the crank shaft, the original aluminum labyrinth seal pieces are machined to accept a VITON lip seal. The kit includes an alignment tool, the modified two piece aluminum seal ring and the VITON lip seal. There is a core charge for the aluminum seal ring, but the package included an addressed jiffy bag for me to return my original ring for credit. There is an 4 page illustrated installation guide and the job seem pretty straight forward.
I haven't installed it yet, but it seems it should seal better than the original and a better option to machining the crank shaft to install a modern seal. I'll let you know how it works soon I hope.
I just received the new rear main seal kit from TRF. I believe these are fabricated by Alexander Racing Enterprises (ARE). This seal kit does not require any machining of the crank shaft, the original aluminum labyrinth seal pieces are machined to accept a VITON lip seal. The kit includes an alignment tool, the modified two piece aluminum seal ring and the VITON lip seal. There is a core charge for the aluminum seal ring, but the package included an addressed jiffy bag for me to return my original ring for credit. There is an 4 page illustrated installation guide and the job seem pretty straight forward.
I haven't installed it yet, but it seems it should seal better than the original and a better option to machining the crank shaft to install a modern seal. I'll let you know how it works soon I hope.