axle seal

So I had some oil leaking out the driver side rear axle so decided to throw new seals and bearings on both side. The picture below was the driver side. I am fairly certain I need a new axle with this wear. It has definitely worn a ridge into it. Just wanted some other's thoughts and options.

We've had an issue with the knuckle during our last trip through Bolivia. (LX450, 115K). Hope someone can help finding the solution. At approx 104K the right-hand front knuckle was leaking. After dismantling we found that there was a groove in de drive shaft were the axle seal sits. We...

I rebuilt both knuckles completely about a month ago and saw this yesterday on the passenger side, driver's side is relatively fine. I had taken a quick look a couple weeks ago or so and saw that I think the felt at one spot wasn't seated properly and made a mental note to check it out and maybe...