How to get a stuck transmission seal out
Stubborn transmission seals often refuse to budge even after hours of prying with screwdrivers, chisels, or drilled holes. Without knowing whether just the rubber or the surrounding metal ring needs to come out, the tight space near the transmission makes it frustrating and nerve-wracking to finish the repair.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Jamming it out with screwdrivers and chisels
- 2Drilling a hole into the old seal to pry on it
- 3Using a flat blade screwdriver and hammer to shrink the outer diameter
- 4Heating up around the housing with a torch to expand the aluminum
- 5prying it with a screwdriver or pry bar
- 6using an official seal removal tool
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Ran into a rear transmission leak and have been trying to get the seal out in order to replace it. I’ve tried jamming it out with screwdrivers, chisels, and have now drilled a hole into the old seal so I could have something to pry on. Yet, it is still giving me trouble on coming out.”source ↗
“I’ve been trying that the last 5 hours, have had no luck”source ↗
“im not sure if just the rubber part should come out or the metal ring around it as well.”source ↗
“I tried a screwdriver but i just wanted to be certain before I continued, being so close to the transmission makes me a little nervous.”source ↗
“Yea the cars been leaking transmission oil for a little while now.”source ↗
Where this came up
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