Just as ryoken stated.........
But, as I stated in your last thread (asking "how-to") - Be very careful where you pry. As you stated, you do not want to gouge the transfer inner lip - Where the seal seats.......and forms a pressure seal on the outer perimeter.
As far as the seal puller tool goes - I also in the past have had no luck with them and old seals. Being that old seals are rather stubborn, the puller tends to rip right through the rubber of the seal. Technically, the puller tip should be pulling on the band of the seal, which would possibly lead to gouging the inner housing lip.
Go with a hardy flat tip screwdriver. Lay it across the spline drive shaft - Straight across. Where the tip of the screwdriver finds the seal, tilt the screwdriver in, towards the back of the seal. Slide the screwdriver into the housing and try to "bite" the back of the seal's band.
Normally, you would then back off a millimeter or so to assure you dont bite the housing. But from what I am reading, you havent much seal left to work with. I am under the impression that you have remnants of the rubber seal itself and the entire band remaining. The inside inner edge of the rubber - Where it meets the band - Is your target bite area.
Regardless - Try to break the pressured seat that the band is holding on the transfer. Once you do, the band and whatever remains of the rubber seal, will simply fall out.
Hope this helps. And as before - Good luck !
Troy B
Ft Hood TX
(Also)...... You might consider keeping this topic in one thread so that suggestions and ideas are not repeated and those which are trying to help you have the entire picture of what has already transpired - Instead of tripping into one of your previous two threads and replying to it without knowing your way past thread 1 and 2 and on to #3. Plus, it clutters the BB. Thanks !
haha any tricks to 20 year old seals guys?
