Front cam seal removal, help!

[DirtyDC05]

I cannot figure out how to get the front cam seals out. I have the cam gears off but not sure how to remove the seal. I bought a seal puller/installer kit but the little seal grabbers won't squeeze between the seal and cam. What do I do?

Thanks,
Aaron

 

[86tuning]

Grease the tips of your tool and pry/jam it in there

 

[DirtyDC05]

Grease the tips of your tool and pry/jam it in there

Ok I punched a small area first with small flat head screwdriver. Greased the tips and Jamed them and they are in! Thanks

 

[DirtyDC05]

Ok so I got the right side out but the left side seal got pushed in now I can't grab it with the tool, now what do I do?

 

[DirtyDC05]

Looks like I'm gonna have to take the valve cover off. Will I have access to the cam seal from the top of the head? I can see the inside of the head through the cam opening.

 

[montypower]

You don't need any special tool. Small screw driver, tap it in (outside of the seal not seal surface) and pry out. Simple.

 

[DirtyDC05]

You don't need any special tool. Small screw driver, tap it in (outside of the seal not seal surface) and pry out. Simple.

I'm sorry but it isn't that simple. I did get it out today using the tool. I had to bend the metal on the seal a little in order to get my grabber arm to fit inside. The seal got pushed into the head so I couldn't grab it with anything. Used a pick to hold it while getting the tools grabber arm under the seal.