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Rear Main Seal Install Tool
Hello, Family! When replacing the rear main seal, I understand this special install tool (p/n 83300490729) is intended to press the seal to the proper depth in the housing, but how vital is the install depth that a ~$110 tool is required?
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I’m gearing up to have a shop replace my clutch and the RMS and I’d much rather buy just the $15 seal itself but a bit worried whether the shop—whose mechanics I know to be skilled and competent, just not overly familiar w/BMWs—would get it installed correctly in the existing housing. I know the ~$120 full kit with the seal pre-installed in a new housing would prevent the issue, but at 10x the cost!
Alternatively, is there anyone in the Family that has the tool and is willing to loan it out? Or, if I bought it, is there enough demand for it to be put to good use more than the one time (I hope) I’ll use it?