PTO Cover

[thelach]

I have a 1948 8N. I pulled the PTO out to replace the seal. I looked on line to learn how . Igot the shaft out with the bearing. Then tookout the second retainer ring. There seems to be a small lip after the retainer before the seal. There is no way to slide the seal out. On the other side of the cover where the threads are for a spline cover, there's another round plate which seems to be part of the cover. I see that in no u-tube videos. What do I have? An original PTO cover that can't be fixed? I'm sending two pictures.
Thanks,
Jim

 

[lha]

The cover screws into the part portrayed in the second photo. It looks like the hub covers on the front spindles.

 

[Btzj02]

You should be able to press out the old seal toward the bearing side of the cover. I did it with a piece of pipe and a small hammer. When replacing the seal the spring side of the new seal is towards the oil. I also found that installing a (third) snap ring between the new seal and the cover threads will protect the new seal from screwing the cover in to far. In the past I have also replaced a PTO assembly and ruined the brand new seal in the assembly by screwing the cover in too far. If you do replace with a new PTO assembly take one of the old snap rings from the old shaft assembly and install it between the seal and the threads to protect the seal!
JB