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Yes, looks like you have the crappy seals top and bottom.
I am working on an RDE-18. My bottom crankshaft seal is the carbon type and was broken into pieces. I ordered a new carbon and have the other parts for the bottom but could not find a new crappy seal for the crankshaft top . The Johnson parts catalogs for RDE-18 and RDE-17R identify the crappy top seal as #303804. Where did you order that seal?
Also It appears that the crappy top seal is pressed inside the bearing body (vs pressed against the crankcase bore). It would be easy to damage the bearing by trying to drill and pry out the seal. The Johnson tech manual page 323 says to use special tool #377067. Do you have access to that tool?
Thanks.