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A sealing assembly, kit and method for rotatable shafts. The assembly includes a stationary seal member having an insert receiving opening dimensioned larger than a rotatable shaft, an insert member having an enlargeable shaft-receiving opening adapted to be mounted in the insert-receiving opening i

A sealing assembly, kit and method for rotatable shafts. The assembly includes a stationary seal member having an insert receiving opening dimensioned larger than a rotatable shaft, an insert member having an enlargeable shaft-receiving opening adapted to be mounted in the insert-receiving opening in the stationary seal member, and a rotatable seal member adapted to be mounted on the rotatable shaft to engage and cooperate with the insert member. The kit is similarly composed of the same elements but with a plurality of each such element having differing sizes to accommodate rotatable shafts of different dimensions. The method includes providing a stationary seal member, providing and mounting an insert member in an insert-receiving opening in the stationary seal member after which a shaft-receiving opening in the insert member is enlarged to generally conform to a rotatable shaft and the stationary seal member is mounted on a device carrying the shaft, and providing and mounting a rotatable seal member on the shaft. With the sealing assembly, kit and method for rotatable shafts, the invention provides a versatile and effective seal.

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A method of aligning a sealing surface of a sealing member in a preselected plane in relation to a rotatable shaft, comprising: providing said sealing member with means for adjusting the planar orientation of said sealing surface and means for securing said sealing surface in a planar orientation ac

A method of aligning a sealing surface of a sealing member in a preselected plane in relation to a rotatable shaft, comprising: providing said sealing member with means for adjusting the planar orientation of said sealing surface and means for securing said sealing surface in a planar orientation achieved with said adjusting means; providing an aligning member adapted to be secured to said rotatable shaft, said aligning member having a reference surface lying in said preselected plane when said aligning member is secured to said rotatable shaft, said aligning member including means for securing said reference surface in said preselected plane; securing said aligning member to said rotatable shaft in closely spaced relation to said sealing member with said reference surface in confronting relation to said sealing surface; adjusting the planar orientation of said sealing surface of said sealing member with said adjusting means to lie in a plane lying generally parallel to the plane of said reference surface of said aligning member; securing said aligning member to said rotatable shaft adjacent to said sealing member with said reference surface in contact with said sealing surface; measuring the distance between said reference surface of said aligning member and said sealing surface of said sealing member at a plurality of points about the periphery thereof; adjusting the planar orientation of said sealing surface of said sealing member with said adjusting means until said reference surface of said aligning member and said sealing surface of said sealing member are spaced equidistant substantially entirely about the periphery thereof; and securing said sealing surface of said sealing member in said planar orientation achieved with said adjusting means by utilizing said securing means; whereby said sealing surface of said sealing member may be aligned in said preselected plane.