Look at it this way - the sleeve is about 1/2 the cost of replacing the whole drive flange, and being stainless will never pit like the flange did. Rather than a 1-1/2 socket, an inch or two of 1-1/2(?) PVC pipe works pretty good too. It should not be that hard to get the seal in place, the hard part (as you found) is getting it in straight! Dave S --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Nathan Sobieralski" <valleyrat12@...> wrote: > > Well, I got it in. Everything looks really good. So far no seepage. > I ended going to harbor freight and buying a 1 1/2 inch socket to > bang on. So far I have underestimated the amount of force to both > punch out the roll pin and punch in the new seal. I REALLY had to > give them a nice pounding. > > I also installed one of those sleeves around the flange. I didn't > realize they were so expensive! I suppose if it prevents me from > having to do this again its well worth it. > > Nathan > 2277 > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/