6.7 diesel removing front crankshaft seal.

[BigWalt]

I got 2012 F450 with 6.7 diesel.

Oil leak from front cover area, found leaks coming from vacuum pump and crank seal.

 

Anyway, it is my first attempt on crankshaft seal, I was using front crank seal removal tool, how the heck it is supposed to work? :chinrub2:Yes, I removed the oil slinger first then using the special removal tool but I keep shredding the seal. I gave up using that tool and found other way to removed the seal.Does anybody actually use the seal removal tool successfully?

[lmorris]

Truthfully, I have never seen a front crank seal actually leaking on a 6.7L, it's always the vacuum pump with loose or missing bolts. I actually started to change a crank seal, I saw the bolt from the vacumm pump resting in the battery harness a few seconds too late and had already mangled the seal. Using the removal tool sucks, I ended up using a self drilling sheet metal screw to get a hold of the seal to pull it out.