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It should be okay if you're not fording water. Check and see it's gear oil. You can smell the difference. I tried repairing my seals twice when they were leaking gear oil but they kept leaking so I said **** it and kept driving for 1k miles or so and finally replaced the spindle and kingpin...

I put red grease on the U-joints for the heck of it and put wheel bearing grease on the spindle bushings and behind the thrust washers since it will stick there pretty well.

That's how quickly mine failed last time. I just took it driving a few times and that was it, they started pouring gear oil. Definitely check the vents. I replaced all my rear seals axle and thought the vents were okay but the seals starting leaking gear oil the first drive because of the...

Check your spindle bushings. My buddy and I both just did our front axle seals( well I did his for a case of M855) and there was a TON of play. Took the spindles and axles to a 4x4 place and had them ream the bushings out and now they're good to go. Also check the end play on your knuckles. My...

Yeah, it's normal for the wheels to do that when they're jacked up.

Yup. You knock the retainer out and then the seal. I used a pipe through the differential to the other side and a few whacks and it was out. Then I took the retainer and put it on the vice and tapped the seal out with a hammer and punch. To put the new seal in I put a bunch of RTV around the...

The boots are fine, it's just the left inner axle seal that's leaking again. It shouldn't be as hard this time since I don't have to take the knuckles apart. I replaced it last December and it started leaking when I was offroading and went into a hole pretty hard. My friend made it through in...

I used this guide to do mine. Now it's leaking on the left side and I gotta do it again:roll: