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Originally Posted by mtbtim
My Buddy Wei is have a similar issue. He's getting gear oil past his driver side seal and we can't figure it out. He's pulled his axle a couple times and we can't find anything wrong. The seal is mating well with the inner retainer and his breather is functioning properly.
One thing I'm starting to wonder about is the reusing of the retainers and ABS tone rings. Could gear oil be sneaking past the retainer between the axle in the retainer because it's been pulled off and pressed back on and it's no longer as tight as a fit as before? When you think about it, it doesn't seem plausible because it would have to be a pretty sloppy fit for an appreciable amount of gear oil to get past but we're running out of ideas of why gear oil continues to get past the seal.
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I think I remember there being marks across the old retainer on the inside after pressing off. Score marks. It’s possible the occasional one has a groove deep enough to leak.
Maybe it’s good practice to replace the inboard one with new.
