How To Remove Transmission Filter SEAL Without a Puller 

A T we love great positive comments that are useful to many :) thank you and you are very welcome my friend :)

Saw this great suggestion after struggling for some time. Went and got the parts and still not luck , had to bend and pry with a screwdriver unfortunately.

At home Depot now. Must be 3/4", at least that's how it is on my CTS-V 6L90

@@TheOffcialElonMusk Just buy the tool for the job it's not that expensive only 42 dollars, it's called the 8MILELAKE Internal Bearing Remover Slide Hammer Set 9pc Blind Hole Inner Puller Set.

Why can’t you just leave the old one in.

@@russ8916 you can leave it if its in good condition but generally you should replace it, the filters usually come with a spare seal anyway

Nice! Thanks for watching and sharing Jerry, have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC

Glad it helped Lex, they are a bear unless you understand how they go in there and how they come out, they don't want you doing this process on your own! Thank you so much for watching and sharing, hope you have a great day my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC

Nestor, your new seal you have should be exactly what you are removing. The old seal you remove should look exactly like the new one you have in your hand. I have never seen an all rubber transmission filter seal, they always have a metal ring connected to the rubber. If all you have removed is rubber, then there is a metal ring in there that needs to be removed as well. Hope this helps, thanks for watching and asking, have a great day and all the best on your project my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC

Been there my friend :( Hope you got that thing out! Thank you for watching and sharing, have a great week my friend. Sorry for the delayed response. mad Mike the hammer SPC

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Jim if I remember right it was a 3/4 ton chevy with the 6.0

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Due to the extreme heat of transmission fluid the seals get extremely hard from that heat and will not seal any more thus allowing dirty transmission fluid to get sucked up into your transmission. Thanks for asking. mad Mike the hammer SPC

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@@SweetProjectCars thank you , nice list .. I just purchased a new internal puller set .. their's not to much space underneath .

Nevermind, read your responses below.

Glad you found your answer mish. Thank you for watching, hope you have a great rest of your week my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC

That would not hurt anything as long as you get them started straight They will go right in

@@SweetProjectCars thanks!

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Thank you :)

There should be a lip on the seal that you can take this tool here amzn.to/3NjXO41 and hold the chisel parallel to the ground on the lip and start tapping to drive the seal inwards, not up but in. Once you get it in far enough where you can use this amzn.to/3XiGhOl grab ahold of the seal clamp it tightly and start pulling it out. If you have any questions feel free to send us pictures to sweetprojectcars@gmail.com and we will help you as much as possible my friend. Thanks for watching and sharing, have a great day and all the best on your project. mad Mike the hammer SPC

Please send me a picture or two and the model # of the transmission, we may be able to help you Tod, send to sweetprojectcars@gmail.com Thanks for watching and asking, have a great day my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC

Don that is awesome to hear my friend mike

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I'm afraid to say, yes you do :( Thanks for asking my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC

You need to check with your dealer to get the special tool to remove it, it has to be replaced. I would hate to have you go through the whole process of changing your fluid then have it end up leaking. Thanks for watching, hope you have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC

Great to hear! Thanks for sharing. Have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC

You can try it Ivan, the reason we use the chisel is because it has an extremely sharp edge. Thank you for watching and asking. Have a great week. mad Mike the hammer SPC

You don't have to change it if you don't want to, we do because we know it's the right thing to do for us. Thanks for watching, have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC

@@SweetProjectCars But you probably have done it many times, have all the right tools and have been trained on it. We poor schlubs out here are amateurs. We may never do this again. We don't need it to be perfect. Just good enough for it to run again. If I had known it was going to be nigh impossible, I would have left it alone. As it is, I could not get the new one into the hole and we ended up using 6 rubber o-rings and some Teflon tape. I am hoping mine doesn't get sucked into the gears. What I think needs to be explained about this part is that it is usually pressed into place when the tranny is being rebuilt. But when the car is on jack stands and you are on your back with fluid dripping on your face it is hard to do. And you know that is how most people who see these videos on the 4L60E will be doing this procedure. Am I right or am I assuming too much?

Do not use any sealant in any way, and the best thing to do for a transmission filter is to buy OEM filters, you can get them at a dealership. Also, make sure your other seal isn't still in the transmission. Thanks for watching and asking, hope this helps my friend. Have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC

@@SweetProjectCars Thank you. I removed the old seal by using your method and it came out easily. for now i ve used an ebay filter with some additional o rings. but i think you are right. OEM filter would work the best. its 5 times dearer but there seems to be no other way. Cheers.

If you pull your filter out and the seal is still attached to it you are good to go my friend. Thanks for watching and sharing, have a great week. mad Mike

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He sure is a huge help with the tasks we come across :) Thanks for watching and sharing, hope you have a fantastic week my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC

Highly suggest that you use a new seal or you could be doing the process over again. Thanks for asking. Have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC

Kevin yes this will be very detrimental to your vehicle moving

It'll suck air and you'll burn up your transmission and will need to be rebuilt.

thanks Kriz

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thanks and you are welcome :)

Thank you very much Dennis, glad to help. Have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC

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Gabriella Castellano the seals get hard over time and they need to be replaced so they seal on the filter so you have no dirty fluid go past it into the trans

Wrong but right answer, the seal replacement is needed because the seal may leak,, leaks create loss of suction, hence, no fluid gets picked up. They did away with the positive bolt on seals because they WORKED! And engineered this problem pron design for the same reason they;"GM", re engineered the main bearing Tang's placement on the 350 vortec too easily spin out of place should you aware or un aware run out of oil pressure,, too SPIN THE OIL FED ROD BEARINGS,,. The engines last too long due to gas mizer Japanese autos bought by USA during the 70's gas shortage and cost. Those back then lasted 100'000+ miles before need to rebuild. Ours at that time,, 30 to 40'000 . The gas crunch ended, but the big three lost consumer confidence. They had to build um no too bad last and they did,, 200 to 300'000 miles. Can't sell cars as often if not they last. So,, let's put a mix bag of nut's, bolt's and screws in them to keep the D I y er discouraged and bringing it in for costly repairs that will cause them to consider trading it in. There ya have it,, Capitalism, once good, now gone array.

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Always glad to be of service have a great day

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If you change the transmission filter yes this seal needs to be changed every time thank you for asking my friend have a great day

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Rolando Gonzalez the older cars have the seal on them the newer cars don't you will know the minute you open the package if the seal is in there my friend :)

When i bought mine it came with the seal on the filter but you will have to do what this video is suggesting for us to do anyways.

How did you guys remove your installed seals on the filters without damaging it? Kinda confusing as my old filter still had that collar seal stuck on and reciprocates identically what my new filter looks like but there’s still a seal visibly stuck in the bore that I’ll need to remove tomorrow. When you guys took off your old filters, did you guys typically have two seals? One which stayed on the filter and inside the hole? Or just one? 01 ls1 z28 thanks in advance

Happy to help, thank you Brian! Have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC

glad to help lenny

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Good deal glad we could help you have a great day

Well, the day it does you're going to wish you did. The heat from the transmission makes the seal become brittle, consider yourself extremely lucky up to now. Thanks for watching and commenting. Have a great day Shaine. mad Mike the hammer SPC

@@SweetProjectCars Thx. Good to know.

@@SweetProjectCars Brittle? That thing don't look brittle to me if you're using all those tools to get it out.

If your filter comes with a seal, replace it

​@@Anon1mous you didn't see that piece of it brake off it was brittle the tools are so he didn't damage anything else 🤦

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Brian Hondel well this is something you don't want to do of course...but if you do then you may have to replace the entire pulley.

Not exactly the answer I was looking for. I appreciate your quick response tho. I was able to set the new seal and its real tight as is the filter and the truck runs great. Hoping i dodged a bullet

Brian Hondel I was just being honest, and of course, if the gouge is not too deep you should be ok :)

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@@SweetProjectCars thanks for your nice reply and wish you the best in your life

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Usually comes with a "Transmission Filter Kit" at least in mine it did.

Aaron glad to help :)

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OH I KNOW THE DRAIN PLUG....UGGG lol I will do a video of just that as we have a yukon sitting out here now...but, what I tell people is just replace the pan they are like 30 bucks on ebay for an OEM. then put anti-sieze on the plug so you never have to deal with it again.

Sweet Project Cars LOL, I was pretty sure you'd know exactly what I was talking about! my first encounter was "Supposedly a quick drain and fill" well after screwing up the plug, it being a Sunday, I had to remove the pan, drill out the plug, luckily AutoZone had a drain plug. So I took the opportunity to change the filter and seal. And have the truck back to the customer on time! Definitely antiseize went on the new plug! Thank you for your videos, time and expertise!!!! I greatly appreciate it!!

lol...that is almost play by play for a experience we had...those plugs are a real BEAR!

thanks Erik

Gotta have a little happy Gilmore and lee LOL thanks for being here with us

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