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Message: <blockquote data-quote="flyerdan" data-source="post: 108469" data-attributes="member: 2510">The sleeves are somewhat fragile, but incredibly tough when installed, if you couldn't find any burrs or depressions that would damage the seal, it could have wound up some sawgrass or masonry string at some time that would chew it up. Kind of like how fishing line eats up a prop shaft seal on an outboard motor.What did the old seal look like, and did you fill the area between the lips with grease? Chances are it will be fine; you should have noticed any looseness when positioning it.I've never taken a sleeve off; I would imagine that you'd use a propane torch to dissolve the loctite and then a small screwdriver to just brute force it off, might have to tear it down the side and peel it off. Cleaning all the loctite residue would probably be the most time consuming aspect of it.</blockquote>