WHY??
The lip of a grease/oil seal is supposed to face whatever it is designed to keep in, right?
So why the heck are you supposed to install the suction piece seal (item 22, below, aft of the thrust bearing) with the lip facing AWAY from the thrust bearing and toward a big empty space between the thrust bearing and the shaft packing gland??
(See Item 22):
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The instructions in the Seloc Manual and the AT manual are consistent with each other, but it just doesn't make sense to me.
Why shouldn't the lip face the bearing and keep in all of that precious grease that was so lacking when my last bearing failed?
Is it just to keep water that drips past the packings along the shaft from making it to the thrust bearing?? Or I have I just read the manuals wrong 50 times??