{"id":2779,"date":"2023-06-22T06:30:46","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T10:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=2779"},"modified":"2023-06-22T06:30:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T10:30:46","slug":"replacing-seals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=2779","title":{"rendered":"Replacing seals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_0937.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_0937.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_0937.jpg 640w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_0937-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I bought a seal kit from Corvette Depot.  It includes new T bar seals.  The old one was difficult to get off and took some work.  I didn&#8217;t take any photos. I will for the opposite side. It fit fairly well, but I had to use a sharp pointed tool to get the tabs seated properly.  That resulted in a tiny holes in the seal side.  Shouldn&#8217;t affect the sealing.  Again more details when I do the other side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_0940.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_0940.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_0940.jpg 640w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_0940-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The steel backing was rusted badly at the bottom end. The seal is held on with aluminum rivets so it wasn&#8217;t too hard to drill them out and get the old seal off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_0941.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_0941.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_0941.jpg 640w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_0941-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It took a lot of scraping to get all the old glue\/sealant stripped off. I painted a coat of black butyl sealant before installing the new seal.  I test fitted the seal with rivets before applying the butyl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_0948.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_0948.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_0948.jpg 640w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_0948-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I bought an air rivet tool when I replaced the rear fenders on my &#8217;66 Studebaker.  I used it here and it was a great help. I only needed one hand to hold the gun and I was able to keep the seal in proper position with the other.  A photo later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I bought a seal kit from Corvette Depot. It includes new T bar seals. The old one was difficult to get off and took some work. I didn&#8217;t take any photos. I will for the opposite side. It fit fairly well, but I had to use a sharp pointed tool to get the tabs seated &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=2779\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Replacing seals&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2779"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2781,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2779\/revisions\/2781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}