A friend of mine is rebuilding the 41TE out of his '96 Caravan. In
taking the input drum apart, he didn't take note of which direction
the lip seals were installed. Why would he? It should be covered in
ATSG rebuild manual and Chrysler FSM. Well, it isn't for some reason.
So what he needs to know is which way to the tapered "lip seals" go
on the input shaft hub. There's one seal on the "protrusion" (for
lack of a better work), as well as one down on the inside. Do they go so that the taper makes it easy to slide the parts together, or the opposite way so that you have to make sure you don't fold the seal over?
There's also one or two between the OD/Reverse piston and the input
clutch retainer if I'm not mistaken.
Any help would be appreciated.