At 04:43 PM 9/10/04 -0400, Steve Clarke wrote:
"I need to change the rotted out seal in the speedo drive pinion housing. Is there a simple (fat chance) way to get the retainer sleeve out?"

Thanks to Steve Clarke for the picture

Use a 1/2" tap. Screw it in only enough to get a very tiny bite on the sleeve, and pull. The sleeve is rolled up from flat stock with a split and a gap down one side. It is held in place only with a little spring tension from the sleeve being slightly larger diameter than the bore. Once the tap gets a light bite on the shell it should pull right out very easy.

Also use a 3/8" tap to get a BIG bite in the bore of the old seal to pull it out. Just don't drive the tap into the smaller bore of the housing (which is the bearing journal for the shaft).

Exactly the same technique also works for the mechanical tachometer drive on the engine.