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I'm having a little drippage after passenger d30 shaft install.
- Thread starter kevermt
- Start date
bcmaxx
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- The West Kootenays,B.C. Canada
Park with that side downhill and see how much comes out if any. My pass side leaks a bit, pretty minor, I also have alloy usa outer seals which may help
joe_peters
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Grants Pass, OryGun
If you drained the differential oil before removing the axle, there should be very little gear oil coming out of the tube.
Conversely, if you pulled the axle without draining the gear oil then you can expect some fluid to run out.
How is your fluid level?
Conversely, if you pulled the axle without draining the gear oil then you can expect some fluid to run out.
How is your fluid level?
- Location
- NE Texas
Just buy the gear oil, and RTV and inner shafts.. It really is worth it!
Blaine B.
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Northwest Indiana
I always seem to hae a bit of gear oil leaking, even after I installed new inner seals as well as Alloy USA outer seals. However check your shafts where the seals ride, sometimes the metal on the shafts wears away a bit and you can have a ridge. I bought some newer spare axle shafts that do not have ridges and use those currently as the gear oil doesn't leak as much with them....my old shafts with the ridges are not my trail spares.
Additionally, has anybody had problems greasing their Alloy USA outer seals?
I was able to grease them properly before but now I can't even insert any grease in to them! I connect the grease gun and it is extremely hard to pump and no grease goes in. I have removed the zerks and inspected them and nothing is gunked up or clogged or anything.
What gives?
Additionally, has anybody had problems greasing their Alloy USA outer seals?
I was able to grease them properly before but now I can't even insert any grease in to them! I connect the grease gun and it is extremely hard to pump and no grease goes in. I have removed the zerks and inspected them and nothing is gunked up or clogged or anything.
What gives?
bcmaxx
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- The West Kootenays,B.C. Canada
No problems here, try new zerks. They do fail
- Location
- Rainy side of Washington
Don't do that! The seals ride on the spinning shaft surface, so that'll either make it worse or not help at all.
Blaine B.
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Northwest Indiana
The RTV will most likely peel or flake off from the friction. Won't help.
The best thing to do would be to find one of those shaft seal problem solving sleeves that slides onto the axle shaft where the gouge or dip in the surface is, in essence actually making the shaft in that spot a bit thicker than stock so that the seal can get a nice tight fit on the shaft.
The best thing to do would be to find one of those shaft seal problem solving sleeves that slides onto the axle shaft where the gouge or dip in the surface is, in essence actually making the shaft in that spot a bit thicker than stock so that the seal can get a nice tight fit on the shaft.
