There are a number of types of stainless steel oil seal sleeve available to quickly stem oil seal leaks once your damper spigot becomes grooved and worn from an old oil seal running on it for too many miles.
The oil seal surface is grooved on a balancer or harmonic damper most mechanics will apply a cheap stainless steel sleeve and send your damper away with an oversize spigot too large for the oil seal. The stainless steel of the ss sleeve has no lubrication and this causes heat build up and thereby ruins your new oil seal. This is why many engines leak shortly after a stainless sleeve is fitted.
If the keyway is cracked the stainless sleeve will not help hold the cast iron damper together.
The solution? I hand-make 1040 mild steel sleeves for all the balancers I repair.
Your seal surface will be restored to mint condition with a heat-shrunk or press-fitted steel sleeve.
Cracks will not crack further or move as the whole spigot is held firmly intact by the steel sleeve. I make the sleeve surface the correct size to fit your oil seal.
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Contact us damperdude -at- gmail dot com for more information.
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The oil seal surface is grooved on a balancer or harmonic damper most mechanics will apply a cheap stainless steel sleeve and send your damper away with an oversize spigot too large for the oil seal. The stainless steel of the ss sleeve has no lubrication and this causes heat build up and thereby ruins your new oil seal. This is why many engines leak shortly after a stainless sleeve is fitted.
If the keyway is cracked the stainless sleeve will not help hold the cast iron damper together.
The solution? I hand-make 1040 mild steel sleeves for all the balancers I repair.
Your seal surface will be restored to mint condition with a heat-shrunk or press-fitted steel sleeve.
Cracks will not crack further or move as the whole spigot is held firmly intact by the steel sleeve. I make the sleeve surface the correct size to fit your oil seal.
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| Oil seal surface on the spigot worn and grooved |
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| A custom made steel sleeved spigot ready to fit on the engine. |
Contact us damperdude -at- gmail dot com for more information.
Thanks for reading our blog post - is there more you want to know? Leave a query in the comments.
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