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Message: [QUOTE="CTFFEMT, post: 966555, member: 9572"] This brings my nightmares back... first time I've ever admitted this... I fear this might stick with me on the forum. lol CAUTION ADVISED... my STOCK (2000 yr truck) rear main seal had NO WEAR RING on the crank. The IH or Ford replacement SHOULD have a wear ring. When replacing my rear main I was starring at the thing for about an hour because it appeared to have a ring. I called 3 SEPARATE mechanics who regularly work on 7.3's and all told me to take a chisel and hammer, whack the stock wear ring off by hitting it in 3 separate spots to loosen it.... I mustered up the courage and got to hammering away.... gouged the s*** out of my crank. No wear ring. Once I realized there was no wear ring and seeing what I had done, I almost puked on spot. A trip to the machine shop, welding and lathing the crank back down, I was back in business. Couple hundred dollar lesson for me. I now have the nickname of "chisel" at the shop. So... if you replace it, ensure you do or do not have a wear ring. I don't know if it was a year specific thing or what because I never wanted to think about it again. Who knows...maybe mine was a freak without a ring. I had the rear main tool at my disposal so I did use that to put the new ring on. I did not have the bolt to pull it on however. I did use a hammer and lightly tapped the center of the tool until the ef'in wear ring was on. I did coat the inside of the wear ring with i think loctite 638 or so. It was a loctite for cylindrical applications. I unfortunately have pics of my mistake if needed although I'd hate to publicly humiliate myself haha [/QUOTE]

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