How about a double "the material might be different" with a shot of "it's been 20 years"? If the original GM part in ... whatever year ... was ... iunno, neoprene let's say (no idea, just throwing stuff names out there to make the point) and THAT doesn't need lube, but the new material that's all you can buy now, since ... oh, ... 10 years later, let's say ... is silicone, or Teflon, or ... iunno, nonobtanium .., YATHINK that might affect the pre-lubricant recommendations?

Apart from all that, WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN to that seal THE VERY FIRST TIME you crank up the motor? Is it going to NEVER get a molecule of oil on it just because you didn't put any on it at installation? How can putting motor oil on ANY rear main seal, EVER, hurt ANYTHING? If it did, it wouldn't be much of an oil seal, now would it?

FIND / FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING instead of being a slave to "book says". The FSM is the "gold standard" for LOTS of things; but not EVERYTHING. And even when it is, it helps to UNDERSTAND WHY it says what it says, rather than, "book says" and close your mind from there on out. Kind of like the religious fanatics of all sorts do. Makes them a laughingstock.

 

I never thought about it that much, but I truly don't disagree. I however am very thankful for my C5 and MR2 FSMs because they offer torque specs, troubleshooting and assembly instructions. Also cool toilet time reading

I couldn't bring myself to install that seal dry. I just couldn't. So it got that light coat of 5w30 💪🏻

 

On a side note though can we take a moment to appreciate how crisp those photos came out? Like god damn looks like I was shooting a movie or something lmfao

 

I like the starter in the wheel.

 

I can't get over how sick that photo looks, maybe I am weird tho

 

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Everyone knows I'm the resident "photo *****"...
like the old saying "a picture is worth a million words"

I'm more impressed your wheel barrels are clean! The amateur and weekend warrior detailer always forget to address the inner wheels. Your wheels have big enough openings where you can fist a wash mitt through to clean... no special brushes or wheel woollies needed

Photo ***** Warning!

During tire rotation is the perfect time to do a thorough cleaning of the barrels

 

Haha I try to keepem clean. Tonight I am going to re torque all the bolts on the rear main plate. I don't like how I did it so I'm going to back each one off and then torque down. Feel like I over tightened, I was using the crappy torque wrench with no feedback

 

My C5 has 0 miles, but it doesn't leak from the rear main. yet hahaha

 

going in dry

must be great with the ladies