That would be a trick I would like to see.....

The seal is fitted 'under' the rear main bearing cap in 2 halves....

Mike

reconair wrote:
>
> I don't think you have to remove the main bearing cap. I've replaced the
> rear main seal in my 91 YJ and never had to remove the bearing cap. I don't
> think the GCs are much different in that respect.
>
> Scott
> > wrote in message
> ps.com...
> > Hi all
> >
> > I am trying to change the rear main seal in my 1997 4.0 Jeep Grand
> > Cherokee. I have been pretty much over my head in the whole project.
> >
> > In trying to remove the main cap, my 13/16 socket seems too big, and my
> > 20mm socket won't fit on the main bearing bolt.
> >
> > Does anyone know what size these are? At first, I thought the 20mm
> > socket just needed to be deeper so I just got back from the store with
> > a deep socket and it doesn't fit on either.
> >
> > I do not have a factory manual.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Doug
> >