comanche-man22 Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 do any of you guys have any suggestions on how to lock the lock ring into the tank with a new seal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjeff87 Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 They can be a pain. If you're working on it now, drop the rear driveshaft to give yourself some more working room (if you haven't already). If the pump assembly isn't correctly seated (the little cup inside the hole in the inner tank) the ring won't go on. You need to get all three edges of the inner ring under the locking tabs simultaneously, then twist the ring. Once you get all the tabs started, use a non-sparking tool (wooden or brass) to bump the ring around until it's fully engaged. Work from all three vantage points alternately while you tighten or else you might distort the ring, then it'll just be harder to install (ask me how I know that....). A little silcone spray on the O ring helps too, and lessens the chance of distorting it and/or ripping it. HTH, Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGMASS Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 I lube all mating sufaces generously with good ol Vasaline :thumbsup: When engaged the lock ring will move side/side and up/down in the ring land because it is smaller than the land (if that don't make sense its not you its me!!) Play on that . You can just bareley start one tab and leverage the lock ring to squeez the o-ring and start the other 2 tabs. It's trickey but swear at it and it'll go :grrrr: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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