rear 44 seals leaking???

[FALCONE]

I just rebuilt my rear dana 44 and installed it in my jeep. i drove it about 50 miles and the seals are leaking. i put on a rockcrusher diff cover with the high fill hole. would that cause the seals to leak because there is too much fulid in the axle.
thanks brian

[onetallmj]

What do you mean by rebuilt? Did that include axle seals and bearings? If so then the axle shaft itself might have a nick on it and even with new seals it can leak by. Happened to me when I first got my MJ, had to buy new shafts( good time and excuse to buy alloys!:)

[d10shun]

I'm thinking about the Rockcrusher too. The fill hole is really high so the level of the fluid would constantly be above the seals, instead of occasionally during off camber situations.

[bigwhitey]

I had to put sealent on the outer part of the outer seal to keep it from leaking. It's been fine over a year now.