Rusted out rear axle seal

jeepdan · **Posted:** Sun Jul 27, 2014 7:53 am

My Daughters CRD (CRD#2) started leaking gear oil very badly from the drivers side rear wheel (lost about 3/4" of diff lube before I found it, and ruined the parking brake and disc pads).
It looks as if the steel part of seal simply rusted out :shock:

I glanced at mine, (CRD#1) just to check, and I now see that it is wet with gear lube also on the same side (drivers rear wheel).

joelukex4 · **Joined:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 4:54 pm **Posts:** 386

I've had the same issue with mine but right now it is only the outer bearing grease that has come past the seal. I need to get it changed.

dgeist · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:36 am

Do you drive in a lot of corrosive conditions (i.e. winter salt without rinsing or trips to the atlantic?) I had a shop replace bearings and seals at about 90k miles because they were "sure" a bearing was causing a noise...it wasn't. The bearings and seals were in really good shape, but then when it snows here, the city puts sand and fine gravel on the roads, not salt.

Dan

jeepdan · **Posted:** Tue Jul 29, 2014 8:44 am

Yea, Alot of corrosive salt during the winter.
I keep the vehicle rinsed off whenever I return home, especially the alloy wheels.

That axle seal is under the hat brake drum, hard to keep that area flushed out.

jws84_02 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:15 pm

I recently replaced both my front seals when I put new cv axles in. (140k). Guess I should check the rears

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