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I have made some progress with my 1541.. now that I have it running it has a hydraulic leak at front of pump where drive shaft mates to spline shaft of pump, you can see it coming out of the seal. I was wondering if anyone has had problems with this, and if replacing the front seal fixed the issue? Looking at a parts breakdown it shows a o-ring behind the needle bearing/charge pump kit is the name of it on parts tree.

Also easiest way to remove seal ? should I remove the two bolts holding this along with needle bearing or can I remove seal from front without doing that ?