K50 rear oil seal

[jeremiahnz]

I am loosing a lot of oil out the back of my K50. It seems likely that the rear oil seal is worn or split. I have a couple of K40's in the garage so I was going to get the oil seal off one of them but it doesn't seem to want to flick out with a screwdriver.

Is there some trick to getting these out? Can it be done without remove the whole rear housing and popping it out from inside?

Cheers

[ee904age]

Cant help as far as getting it out but for a matter of a few bucks (probably under $15) I would buy a new one, rather than try your luck with a 2nd hand one which you will probably damage taking out anyway.
My 2c

[andyztouring]

The rear seal costs all of $6.00+gst,you will only damage the seals trying to get them out as they are a tight fit.

[jeremiahnz]

Not worried about saving money, I was just checking out the K40's to see if the seal would just pop out. When it wouldn't I wanted to check that this is actually the correct way to get a seal out and put a new one in.

[ee904age]

Just get a bit more brutal with the screwdriver, but make sure the box is leaning foward or empty 1st or you will be left with quite a mess.

[BUGEYD]

"Remove the rear steel sleeve/sheild by tapping from the gearbox side towards the back then once that`s off use a prybar or large flatheaded screwdriver to get in behind the seal and pry it out.You dont need to take the tailhousing off to replace the rear seal.
You own a toyota so try a toyota dealer for the part if they dont have it Toyota New Zealand will or you can try a place that sells seals you`ll need the seal outside diameter inside diameter and seal width if you go get one from a place that sells seals"

Quoted off club-k by Blown5k

[jeremiahnz]

Cheers, that's useful.

Does anybody have the inner and outer diameter measurements for these seals handy? I just called repco to order one and they say they need measurements to get the correct seal.

I aren't able to measure mine until Friday night at the earliest which means I probably won't be able to get a seal ordered in until next week. I was hoping to replace it this weekend.

[jeremiahnz]

And does anybody know if there is actually any variance between the starlet K50 and KE30 K40 seals?

[jeremiahnz]

Hmmm, I'll try this from a slightly different angle;

The gearbox is from a starlet and in a KE30. The guy at repco looked up seals for a starlet K50 and said they had listings for one under a 2k and one under a 4k. I am unsure which engine the starlet from which the gearbox was donated had.

Can someone confirm if the starlets with a 2K engines actually came out with K50's? If not then I can just order the seal for the 4K K50 listing.

Cheers

[Mr Revhead]

yes they did in some markets. though i dont think nz

[jeremiahnz]

Cheers.

I got them to order me a rear seal for a KE70 K50 because they didn't have starlet K50 part numbers on the system or something.

Just hoping it is right so I can get some oil to stay in the box.