Front axle, thinking gear oil and not soup

[Romer]

Zach,
From the picture, looks like more gear oil then a combination. The gear oil acts like a diret magnet everywhere else. If its the hgear oil that pooled at the bottom of the knuckle during the trail repair, then you would still get some grease in it. If the gear oil makes it from the seal through the birf area and towards the back of the knuckle, maybe more of a grease/oil mixture.

Thats just a guess on my part and it still could be the seal.

 

[operatorTRP]

Ok, so I was finally forced to address this. I had been just adding grease/ oil as needed but the spare cars all took a dump at the same time, and while adding grease, the rubber tip of the grease gun attachment disappeared into the knuckle. In a few hours I had it torn down. Gorilla snot everywhere( definately birf soup)!!
Turns out the inner axle seal was'nt seated, about 10* out from flush. Easy enough. The only hard part was getting the axle back into the spider gear? I didn't take the housing off, just trying to make it quick, so that might've easier?
Thanks to Ken, I had all the seals and parts needed!
I did botch the hub oil seal while installing, I even had the tool! But hopefully it'll last till I do a complete axle service next year?
Running elcheapo costal 80/90 to flush he diff for a couple of fills/months, then fill with M1 75/90.

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[Romer]

Ok, so I was finally forced to address this. I had been just adding grease/ oil as needed but the spare cars all took a dump at the same time, and while adding grease, the rubber tip of the grease gun attachment disappeared into the knuckle. In a few hours I had it torn down. Gorilla snot everywhere( definately birf soup)!!
Turns out the inner axle seal was'nt seated, about 10* out from flush. Easy enough. The only hard part was getting the axle back into the spider gear? I didn't take the housing off, just trying to make it quick, so that might've easier?
Thanks to Ken, I had all the seals and parts needed!
I did botch the hub oil seal while installing, I even had the tool! But hopefully it'll last till I do a complete axle service next year?
Running elcheapo costal 80/90 to flush he diff for a couple of fills/months, then fill with M1 75/90.

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Glad you got it worked out and sorry the seal wasnt seated properly. As long as there are no more issues on this side, you should be good for a few years as I did the other side last winter when I replaced the brake rotors. Unless things start leaking, thats typically a 50-60K mile service

 

[Frankencruiser]

Ok, so I was finally forced to address this. I had been just adding grease/ oil as needed but the spare cars all took a dump at the same time, and while adding grease, the rubber tip of the grease gun attachment disappeared into the knuckle. In a few hours I had it torn down. Gorilla snot everywhere( definately birf soup)!!
Turns out the inner axle seal was'nt seated, about 10* out from flush. Easy enough. The only hard part was getting the axle back into the spider gear? I didn't take the housing off, just trying to make it quick, so that might've easier?
Thanks to Ken, I had all the seals and parts needed!
I did botch the hub oil seal while installing, I even had the tool! But hopefully it'll last till I do a complete axle service next year?
Running elcheapo costal 80/90 to flush he diff for a couple of fills/months, then fill with M1 75/90.

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There almost always seems to be some contamination of the gear oil in the front housing with grease. IMHO it is better to fill the front with cheap gear oil and change it more often rather than use more expensive oil. I fill my front and rear axles with a 5 gallon bucket from costco. Only the transfer case gets expensive stuff.
Good Luck

 

[93yotasr5]

mmmmmm stew !