weeeeeellllll that leak is back. damnit.

 

did you lube the shaft and the seal with bearing grease or gear oil when you installed it???

 

gear oil, yes. I havent taken it apart yet to see if another groove is worn in the shaft or something, too much other stuff to do.

 

wondering if your housing end is ever so slightly misshaped causing it to leak were the seal meats the tube.... This is assuming the new axle shaft is ok...

 

BTW drew up a patteren for the backing plate flange and had a sample made out of sheet metal... sorry for the crappy cell pics...

 

What are the odds two friggin huge axle shafts are warped? Im not sure if it leaking around the shaft or on the outside next to the tube...

Yep, that spacer is exactly it. Now I just need two that are 2.5" thick

 

The old axle was damged at the seal area right???

 

The only "damage" to the old axle was a slight groove worn in it, see page 1 for a pic. But if a brand new shaft is doing the same thing, was the first one even damaged...

 

glad i got that perfectly good 10 bolt, thanks champ lol. sorry for this **** though

 

haha, its not a big deal, just annoying seeing one wheel all gunked up on the inside, and I occasionally get a sniff of the gear oil smell. If it was the passenger side it wouldnt bother me at all