When my crankshaft seal failed it did so by going from no leak to a
major leak in relatively few miles taking the clutch disk with it.  It
also filled my starter with oil (I found out later).

I would certainly replace that seal when you redo the clutch.

I dropped the tranny for a new clutch and engine seal and found the seal
  had become hard and brittle.  As for the "Do it while you're there"
stuff, I also replaced the transmission shaft seal and the clutch fork
bushings (among other things).

Mike
'84 GL 7 pass
'85 GL Westy

Robert Fisher wrote:
> This is awesome, I really appreciate that you guys did this. I'm gonna have
> to pull my tranny (again), and I think it was Stan Wilder that was always
> saying you should replace that seal when you were in there, as opposed to
> being forced to do it later.
> Sometimes I think things like that are a good idea, sometimes I go with 'if
> it ain't broke...' There doesn't appear to be anything wrong with my seal,
> but I don't really have a very good idea of how many miles are on the
> bottom
> end. I need to see if I can work that out- I think the OO is local but I've
> never had a reason to contact him.
> Anyway I've been considering this, but not having done it or even seen it
> done I really didn't know what it was that I was considering... and now I
> know (and knowing is half the battle, etc. etc.)
> I'd have to get the two measuring tools, but hey- new toys are good things.
> As for Boston Bob... it's always interesting to see competence in action.
> Anybody want to weigh in with an opinion yay or nay on the seal?
>
> Cya,
> Robert
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Akiba" <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 12:45 PM
> Subject: Boston Bob @ Bostig Engineering Video - Proper installation of the
> WBX Flywheel
>
>
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> We recently sold a used takeout to a customer in CT, and needed to put a
>> flywheel back on(usually they just come off and get machined for our
>> use).
>> Boston Bob does all the resurfacing of flywheels for us, and was
>> giving us
>> some tips on the proper way to install boxer flywheels, we all decided it
>> would be a great idea to videotape it and make it available to
>> everyone as
>> well. Maybe it can save some potential headaches, and folks have enough
>> bandwidth these days for decent video.
>>
>> So here is the first video of many more to come:
>>
>> http://www.bostig.com/files/bostonbob&bostig-proper_wbxflywheel_install.wmv
>>
>>
>> |Feedback| would be greatly appreciated, you'll notice "Feedback" is in
>> pipes, which means that negative Feedback is still positive.
>>
>> Happy Friday!
>>
>> the Bostig Guys
>