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Then just pry the old seal out of the bore with whatever tool you can get between the cam and metal of the seal. I use a big screwdriver.


With a tough to get out seal I found I could drill two small holes into the seal's metal backing, then use a couple of metal screws screwed into the holes, grab the screw heads with a plyer and pull it out. Worked pretty well. Any metal chips did not go past the rubber seal and stayed on the outside. Coating the drill bit with grease also holds some chips. I tried a screwdriver but found the chance of scoring the shaft was quite high.

92 Montero LS 3.0L V6 Auto, Stock, Original owner, 185,800K miles