hey just wanted to add a follow up to the story.
at the same time i posted here,i emailed the bearing company...they emailed back ..the senior product analyst....
he stated and i quote...
"you are correct in not using the supplied seals that came with the new bearing assembly.over the years chevrolet has made a few changes to the cavalier platform,the service bearing kit contains the seals to service the older vehicles but is not required on the 1991 and newer j/n/l gm platform vehicles."
just wanted to pass this along....thanks again for the help..
joe d