<div dir="ltr"><div>Jon, my experience is due to the interference fit, no matter what you do you are going to damage the two lips seals removing them. I just accept this and buys new ones which are cheap. When installing, I use an arbor press with a socket that just fits the 1.125" ID of the Minn-Kota 101 brushed end housing and press in the seals.</div><div><br></div><div>cliff</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 9:32 AM, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Ok, what's the secret here? Poking around one of my MK101 lower units to get familiar with it and I have hacked up the outer seal trying to remove it. I assumed these things were entirely rubber fabricated and just fit tightly into the cylinder that surrounds the shaft. However, it looks like they are rubber over metal and press-fit into the aft section of the motor housing. Anyone removed these things? I can't find anything on the internet with instructions on how to remove them. I can't just pull them out with plyers...tried that and now I'm going to have to purchase new seals. :)<br>
<br>
Jon<br>
<br>
<br>
______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.or<wbr>g</a><br>
<a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/l<wbr>istinfo.cgi/personal_submersib<wbr>les</a><br>
</blockquote></div><br></div>