Rear wheel leaking oil - third time

slickest1 wrote:

Kidoo wrote:

crasster wrote:
I'm curious how much oil it is leaking? A gush, small puddle, or just a couple of drops? It can matter when diagnosing over text. :)

At first, it was making a small puddle when I stopped, maybe one inch by two inch. Now, it seen to have slowed down to a line then it stop. I did had oil it and tilted the axle on both side and drove around.

I don't quite understand what you mean by tilting the axle and having oil at each end. Are you sure you are not over filling the diff. with oil? It is full when it runs out the plug on the side where you fill it.

Another cause for wheel seals can be overheating brakes, I don't know if that applies or not. Clogged vent tube as well.
Like said above it may be a problem with the hub if it is the same one that keeps failing.

I did not overfill the hub, the oil is barely equal to the hole. I also checked the vent, this is a vent the size of a pencil, and it is not blocked. I tilt the axle to make sure there is oil at the end of the axle, I saw this on a PDF from Eaton Axle, I do not know how they fill up, so I just want to make sure their is oil in there before I get going again as I am on the road right now and do not want to spend another 400 dollars on this. It actually stops leaking after a while sitting, so I figure it could be because it drained all of it's oil, just like it does when you remove the hub, it leaks empty, then it stop leaking.

The brakes are not overheating, I have a TPMS that tells me the temperature of the wheels and it never exceeded 110 F.