Felt ring for Pilot Bearing

[DRP67207]

Hello all.

I am replacing the rear seal and flywheel seals on my 2.1 wbx, and it it seems that the felt seal that goes in the flywheel to keep grease in the pilot bearing is too big. In the Boston Bob video he mentions that the felt seal that comes in the seal kit is too big, are there different part numbers for seals? The one I have I got from the local foreign auto parts store, part number 111 105 311 or 225 43002 071. This is the same number as GoWesty and Van-Cafe show. Have others used seals from these suppliers and did they fit correctly? Or am I just doing it wrong and do you just have to really smoosh the felt ring to get it into the flywheel?

Any advice or experience is appreciated, thanks in advance.

[borninabus]

you should convert to the diesel pilot bearing which has an integral seal. easy mod and forum search.
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[DanHoug]

yup. order the diesel pilot bearing. 20 seconds with a step bit on the flywheel and you're good to go.
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[Guybrush]

That's what I did when I rebuilt my WBX 3 years ago. I just took the flywheel to a local machine shop, where they did the additional drilling for cheap. I had found the previous felt "washer" stuck somewhere in the clutch area.

[DRP67207]

Okay, thank you for the input. I had seen that mod mentioned and was trying to just get it back together with stock parts, but it sounds like the way to go, especially since stock parts don't seem to fit! I'll grab a diesel bearing and hopefully get this thing back together and running finally!