Rear axle seals nightmare

[sauer]

right folks... im stumped

the rear passenger axle seals gone and been leaking.... got a rear axle seal kit form roughtrax.... put it into the local garage and got it back.... still leaking..... they had a look cant see any reason why ... the shaft doesn't look worn or damaged etc..... ended up buying another seal kit and they had another go..... got it back drove round for bout 20 mileas and bone dry no oil dripping on inside of lloy and then onto tyre.... out next day .... yup..

###### leaking!!!!!


no their appears ( im no mechanic) to be bout four seals and a bearing for oil to get through!!!

any ideas for what to do next?


paul

[budweiser]

did you checked that the breather is not blocked?

[wishbone]

When I did mine the rubber seal from rtrax was a bit of a pain to get in square. There is a version with a metal 'outer' that is nicer to fit.

Did they check the bearing ?

[sauer]

Yup breather is clear
And 2nd fitting was a kit with metal combo rubber so should be ok

The bearing was new , came other the kit

Wish I was more mechanical , scratching my head but so is the mechanic !!!

[sauer]

well finally have dry hub!!!! no oil!!!!

apparently he was replacing the seals bearings etc onto shaft as they came out..... went to otherside and removed I think abs sensor or similar and saw position of seals on good side.... was placing seals on shaft not far enough to create a seal between seal n shaft and getting bypass

ok now


4wd to sort and ill be happy

paul

[Trunks]

A bit worrying that your mechanic didn't know how to correctly fit them in the first place.