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The only thing I heard against taking the seal out of the inner side of the bearing, is that if you have a small chip of metal come off the gears and gets flicked into the bearing, then you can usually kiss it goodbye within about 1 or 2 revolutions.

Point taken about the vent hole, will get one sorted.

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