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grtpumpkin on Sat April 11, 2015 12:28 PM

Mastercool # 90484 GM seal protector.

What is with the ball end of this tool?

I managed to ruin a new seal upon installation. It is incredibly difficult to get the seal over the ball end, which makes no sense to me. I see some seal protectors do not have the ball before the taper, which makes total sense. What am I not understanding about using this tool? I was thinking of cutting the ball end off the tool. Has anyone used this tool with success.

This is for a V5 compressor with 14mm shaft.

Rich.