The inside snap ring wasn't touched, the grease on it makes it look weird.
So being an idiot I tried prying the oil seal out with a pick not realizing that I could just pull out the bearing sleeve first and left some scratches on the inside surface as shown below. I'll look at it again next time I change my tire and hopefully it won't cause a $800 problem.
Left side of bevel box behind the cover.
Found it, hated to ask, im sure youre mad after doing that, thanks for sharing, i do when i make mistakes, may my mistakes help someone else ( ive made make alot) learn and move forward
I pushed the new seal all the way in past the scratches, the existing wasn't, and we'll see if it stays there or migrates outward. If it winds up on top of those marks I might get some minor grease seepage at worst but since this will be a regular thing when changing tires from now on I don't expect much of an issue. There is actually room for 2 seals back to back so that might be a possibility and the decorative cover would then definitely keep things from moving outward. This way the inner seal would remain on clean smooth metal and the second one would sit on top of those scratches. I even considered smearing a small amount of goop on there to seal those scratches. I received my potential replacement studs for the bevel box so when I do the splines I won't get stuck without my bike.I spent some time the first time trying to figure that out too. Doesn't make sense until you stumble upon the combination to the puzzle and realize how easy it is to actually remove. Hope no damage is done, but feeling pretty sure that you'll be OK.
