Final Drive Bearing Seal

[fatnfast]

How deep does the final drive bearing seal (the big un) sit into the case?

I have a big trip coming up and followed Steptoes excellent sticky to have a peek at my FD bearing by removing the seal and checking it.
The new seal had been ordered, but on its arrival today I had forgot how deep the original sat. I put this down to my advancing years plus I couldnt wait to have a look and see how my bearing was er, bearing up , and yes I know, why didnt I wait until the replacement seal arrived before removing the original

I spent a few hours trawling through all the previous threads on this, but could not find an answer. Any help would be great.

 

[Timolgra]

Fit it flush with the cover and it should be ok.

 

[oneeleven]

Hi I repaced my seal and put it in flush with the case.
Regards Paul

 

[(RIP) DitchWater]

It looks to be flush with the housing cover or thereabouts. The BMW tool appears to be a plate of larger diameter than the seal which pushes it into the housing.

 

[ChrisH Kerry]

I fitted it flush after checking bearing - just tap it into place carefully with a hammer working your way gradually round (that's what I did anyway and seemed to work ...)

 

[fatnfast]

Many thanks to you all, flush it is then