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Originally Posted by daveymc29
Any trouble getting the o-rings to go into place. I pulled a tranny apart that already had o-rings but they were badly cut and had a good part of the material missing, I tried to get o-rings into the grooves but gave up and used shafts with no o-ring, They do weep a bit, but I've seen worse.
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I too would like to know what the "trick" is to get the o-rings in place without them being damaged while installing them.
I've had excellent success keeping the original style shafts from leaking by putting a thin coating of black silicone around the ends of the shafts after they are in place and before the keeper plate is installed. Then after installing the keeper plate re-applying the silicone around the ends of the exposed shafts, keeper plate and bolt head.
Be sure that things are squeaky clean before putting on the silicone and use a bit of teflon tape on the bolt threads.
Has worked like a champ for me. The first one I did this way was 8 years ago and it hasn't leaked a drop yet.