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I just pulled out the rear seal from the axle tube in my solid axle 4A. Thanks Geo for all the help and photos. It was easy. However, I can also see that I am fixing something not broke. The old seal looked perfect, and the axle is jam packed with black moly grease that appears almost new. When I replace the seal should I pack more moly grease in the tube and on the splined axle shaft? No harm in over-filling with grease?
I'm fairly certain now that the wetness I noted near the brake drums was either my own cleaning solvents or what appears to be a slight leak in the brake wheel cylinder.
I'm trying now to better understand how the axle sealing works. If the seal in the axle tube is primarily to hold the grease back, and maybe any differential fluid that could possibly make its way there, then the forward seal in the hub is only guarding the grease from the hub bearing, correct?
I'm fairly certain now that the wetness I noted near the brake drums was either my own cleaning solvents or what appears to be a slight leak in the brake wheel cylinder.
I'm trying now to better understand how the axle sealing works. If the seal in the axle tube is primarily to hold the grease back, and maybe any differential fluid that could possibly make its way there, then the forward seal in the hub is only guarding the grease from the hub bearing, correct?