Massey 65 Diesel utility model
When I removed the shaft seal it lacked an 1/8 inch of being fully seated in the seal cartridge. I installed the new one the same way but fully seated.
When I started the tractor for pump alignment I saw oil coming out around the seal, so I stopped, recovered the oil and pulled the PTO shaft. There was a loose seal garter spring in there from the new seal. So the new seal is wrecked :roll:
Of course if I put it in right, then it was me rolling the seal lip that wrecked it.
[b:5e9f45b0c6]There is a flat side and a raised side. Does the raised side point into the tractor or out?[/b:5e9f45b0c6]
If the old seal was installed backward that might explain why it was not fully seated. At least it didn't leak, :lol:
When I removed the shaft seal it lacked an 1/8 inch of being fully seated in the seal cartridge. I installed the new one the same way but fully seated.
When I started the tractor for pump alignment I saw oil coming out around the seal, so I stopped, recovered the oil and pulled the PTO shaft. There was a loose seal garter spring in there from the new seal. So the new seal is wrecked :roll:
Of course if I put it in right, then it was me rolling the seal lip that wrecked it.
[b:5e9f45b0c6]There is a flat side and a raised side. Does the raised side point into the tractor or out?[/b:5e9f45b0c6]
If the old seal was installed backward that might explain why it was not fully seated. At least it didn't leak, :lol: