Sportsman 500 Strut seal
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Sportsman 500 Strut seal
Curious, I'm rebuilding the front end on a 2002 SP 500 seals, bearings... The strut seal, should it be flush or driven in to the inner lip? If I can recall prior to knocking out the old seal it appeared to be flush but I might be wrong, didn't have my specs on. I have a old damaged factory strut and looked at the seal and it is driven in until it bottomed out which recessed about 5mm from being flush
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I always cleaned the inside of the strut and marked around the outer lip of the old seal as a reference before I popped it out and installed a new one. Just my way of doing things. This where you don't want to seat the new seal in super tight as it will distort it and cause leaking. Seat it like the one you measured,about 5mm from being flush with the inner casting stop.Then wipe a little grease around the lip. The main thing is that you're trying to have is the lip evenly seated around the cv joint sleeve when you slip the drive shaft back in. This is where a lot of people make mistakes on this one seal. Doesn't matter if it isn't seated fully,but matters most that it covers the cv seal sleeve to keep the hub fluid in.
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I learned a new trick for strut seals this weekend. My old broken CV joint is almost the same size as the strut seal. Pop the old seal out. Put the new seal in place. Place the old seal on the new seal, face to face. Put the old CV on the old seal and give it a few light taps with a hammer.
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