197 Crankshaft oil seal - Timing end

[Martin_172]

Just finishing up on my 197 cambelt change, I had to use a bit of heat to remove the crank sprocket so am replacing the crankshaft oil seal. Now I believe this has probably never been done on this engine, but when I removed the plate that the seal goes into (not sure what its called?!) to get a good look at it, it looks like the crankshaft seal has a small bead of sealant ran behind it where it meets the plate that its pushed into, I couldn't find anything in the workshop manual.

Is this the correct method of doing them? I obviously want to make sure its right before I build it all back together!