2. Carefully punch or drill a couple of small holes in the hard end face of the stuffing box into which two self-tapping screws are to be screwed. Grasping the heads of the self-tapping screws with pliers, remove the oil seal from its seat.
Extraction of an epiploon of a camshaft
3. Clean the walls of the gland seat, removing small notches and roughness from them that can lead to the failure of a new gland.
4. Lubricate the sealing lips of the new oil seal with clean engine oil and, using a cylindrical mandrel, press and press the oil seal into the seat flush with the surface of the head (sponges inside), - rest the mandrel against the hard outer edge of the end surface of the stuffing box, try not to damage the working edges.
As a mandrel, you can use an interchangeable socket head of a suitable size, or a piece of pipe of a suitable diameter.
5. Install the camshaft gear (see Section Removal and installation of timing gears).
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