Thanks. It was a real pain to get seated all the way down and the whole time I was thinking...."Is this really the right direction?"the brn oil seal in post #19 looks correct w/o knowing anything abt this app. These seals all ways go that way
no matter where they go (motor, axel, etc). This style are built ‘directional’. U seem to have the correct direction.
I ended up using a large castle nut socket and put it in my cheap hand cranked transmission clutch press I got from amazon for the trans rebuild I did to not only seat the seal but also even pressed the bearing onto the spud shaft with it. I don't have a hydraulic press.