Keep mangling it. Look closely at the one I removed. It eventually will pop out. You do need one with a good 90 degree bend to hook the steel part of the seal..



Not sure how you get a screw into the steel on this... The flat part of sheet metal in the seal is only about 1/16" wide..

 

I agree It seems way to narrow to try that..

I never did anything like this before and it seemed easy enough. I was starting to think I was some kind of gasket seal Savant but now I am humbled. 😆

 

I'm at a loss .. I get the pry tool behind the seal but cannot budge it. Use a claw hammer to act as a slide hammer.. its in there so good that it straightens out the 90deg bend

 

You need to do the mod to a better screwdriver. Grab it with a pair of vise grips and while pulling things tight tap on the vise grips with a small hammer. The one with that has the paint on it looks to be the better of the 2. The chrome one looks like a really cheap screw driver. Grind off the end a little and try again..

The ones I used are Excelite, Craftsman and Great Neck..

 

I did modify better screwdrivers..
I am in the process of modifying my slide hammer to hold vise grips .. me simply just pulling on it is not going to happen.

 

Yeah, You gotta tap on it in some manner.

 

The only other pics I have..

 

Well, I can't be sure but I think whoever installed this may have put it in backwards..I removed all the rubber . The claw I made from screwdriver was never getting behind metal it was squeezing against outer lip ..

 

same way you'd drive any screw. I honestly wouldn't have suggested the method if it hadn't worked for me on more than a few occasions...but hey the guy that makes screwdrivers needs a job too. Lol

 

I believe you. I just dont have a screw thin enough.. What size screw did you use .. Im thinking no bigger than a #2