removing stuck side seals...
04-04-2006, 02:44 AM
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A bit o carb/TB cleaner and lots of patience. Let it soak in and push up and down on the seal starting at the ends. Use a peice of plastic or a fingernail to do the pushing and work your way to the center. Spray as much as you need to keep soaking into the carbon.
04-04-2006, 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Hyper4mance2k' post='811932' date='Apr 3 2006, 11:08 PM
<Thread Stealer!!!
Yea I was trying to get a car with stuck side seals to run but that ain't going to happen now I need to get them out, but I have new ones, so should I just soak them in PB Blaster? Oris there something better?
Hey, I saved you some typing, and time finding the stuff though, didn't I? lol.
Whats PB Blaster, anyways?
04-04-2006, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Cheers!' post='811862' date='Apr 3 2006, 07:50 PM
Then i used a fresh xacto knife blade and gently pry'd and lifted the edge of the side seal from where the corner seal was to get the side seal out. Most like the seal will break.
The Xacto blade seems to be nearly the same profile as the seal, so it fits well in the slot.
04-04-2006, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by RONIN FC' post='811969' date='Apr 4 2006, 07:36 AM
Now i pull the spring from under the seal, then drive an old xacto blade under the seal like a wedge.
I can't pull the spring out, that's stuck in there, too. I'm thinking I'm pretty much screwed.
04-04-2006, 02:53 PM
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When I pulled it out, it was a big ball of carbon. The carbon was about 3-4 mm thick. I was like HOLY ****! No wonder it froze! I think its a hopeless attempt, trying to get the seals out.
04-04-2006, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian S.' post='812021' date='Apr 4 2006, 11:53 AM
When I pulled it out, it was a big ball of carbon. The carbon was about 3-4 mm thick. I was like HOLY ****! No wonder it froze! I think its a hopeless attempt, trying to get the seals out.
04-04-2006, 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Grizzly' post='812034' date='Apr 4 2006, 02:04 PM
Carbon is good
Not when it freezes the engine, its not. I didn't dissolve the carbon, I used a wire brush attachment for a drill. The seal probably is rusted in, though.
04-21-2006, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Cheers!' post='811862' date='Apr 3 2006, 04:50 PM
Now if the corner seal is stuck that's a different story.
Well, the corner seal was stuck, too, but I used a thin long nail, and a makeshift hammer (I was too lazy to find one) (made out of pipes, reducers, and a pipe cap, lol), and kept hitting the nail in between the gap between the corner seal and rotor, and popped all 6 out in about 20 minutes. Whatever works, right?