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Originally Posted by Lemans1970
2. In your article you stated to "Use a lil oil on seal ID to prevent a dry seal contact with input shaft". Just to clarify, you mean motor oil and not power steering fluid as the lubricant, or does it matter?
TIA
Good article BTW.
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Generally one should lubricate the sealing surface(s) of a replacement seal with the same oil that it will be sealing - so P/S fluid would be the best choice in this case.
That said, plain ol' Vaseline works well on P/S pump and gearbox reseals, as well as on automatic transmission seals.