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Where can I buy a rear main seal installer?

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Okay, I think everyone is confused. I think everyone asking about the socket thinks that the socket is as big as the rear main. It's not, right? The socket is just the size as the diameter of the rear main. And you tap it all the way around. Basically the saem thing as taking a hammer and tapping it all the way around, just with a small socket in between the hammer and the main?
Am I confused, or is everyone else confused?
 

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That makes better sense.
 
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Synned said:
Okay, I think everyone is confused. I think everyone asking about the socket thinks that the socket is as big as the rear main. It's not, right? The socket is just the size as the diameter of the rear main. And you tap it all the way around. Basically the saem thing as taking a hammer and tapping it all the way around, just with a small socket in between the hammer and the main?
Am I confused, or is everyone else confused?
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Correct... it need only be large enough to provide a large flat surface for tapping around surface of the seal so that there are no dents and dimples put into it.
 

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Daggar said:
Correct... it need only be large enough to provide a large flat surface for tapping around surface of the seal so that there are no dents and dimples put into it.
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My head hurts ......
 

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block of wood and a hammer here also
 
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