455 front main seal
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455 front main seal
My dad had told me once he had a parts guy give him a ford front main seal for his 455. It worked really well. Has anyone ever heard of this? Any ideas of who makes the best seal?
Re: 455 front main seal
The front main seals on 330/350 and 400/425/455 is of a double lip seals style the outer keeps crap out the inner keep the oil in and seals at the damper (and If memory servers) SB and BB are the same. I know of no other GM or for that mater Ford or Chrysler that the will inner-change with the front.
That said however ... in lieu of the traditional rope seal used on the Olds SB BB a Ford 460 rear main lip seal will inter-change with the Olds BB rear main as a alternative to the rope and with good results. To date I know of no such alternative for the Olds SB
That said however ... in lieu of the traditional rope seal used on the Olds SB BB a Ford 460 rear main lip seal will inter-change with the Olds BB rear main as a alternative to the rope and with good results. To date I know of no such alternative for the Olds SB
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Re: 455 front main seal
69W34 wrote:That said however ... in lieu of the traditional rope seal used on the Olds SB BB a Ford 460 rear main lip seal will inter-change with the Olds BB rear main as a alternative to the rope and with good results. To date I know of no such alternative for the Olds SB
I thought the small block could use a different Ford seal. 6 popper or Y-block, perhaps?
Re: 455 front main seal
Very possible, There may be another available from a different manufacturer i.e. Ford-Chrysler that works in the SB olds rear main, or front for that mater that I am not aware of or it heard spoken off. I can only speak to the 455.
For what it is worth I did check, Rock Auto does show the same front seal for both SB/BB as Timken #472082.
This is not to say that a front or rear is not available, someone may know of if by its OEM application/part number, though when crossed referenced may wind up back at the same place that being Timken, National what have you.
For what it is worth I did check, Rock Auto does show the same front seal for both SB/BB as Timken #472082.
This is not to say that a front or rear is not available, someone may know of if by its OEM application/part number, though when crossed referenced may wind up back at the same place that being Timken, National what have you.
Bill
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