Rear axle seal leak - saved my life......

[GlennCMC70]

At MSR-C I was getting reports of smoke. Turned out to be a failed axle seal on the drivers side. Inside of the wheel was soaked w/ diff fluid as well as the caliper and rotor. Took things apart last weekend and rounded up the parts to fix it. Got it all back together less the diff fluid and happened to take a look at the axle flange where it meets the hub centric. Big crack all the way around. These are known to fail. Glad I saw it before TWS. I knew I was running on borrowed time w/ the OEM axles. Glad I didn't borrow too much. I'll be out some RTV and a gasket and a dab of locktight. Better than any other end result I can think of had it failed.

Link to a thread Richard startedon another forum. Mine is failing the same way.
http://www.corner-carvers.com/forums...ht=axle+flange

[rleng1]

Any pics?

[GlennCMC70]

No pics. Failure looks just like the ones in the link. Cracked at the 90 degree transition of the wheel centric hub and flange where the studs are.

[marshall_mosty]

I remember that thread that Richard posted. That's why I went with Superior axles to replace my OEM axles back in 2008.

[BryanL]

Good info. Ill be checking mine now. Is this the same rear end from your wrecked car? From your link seemed like there are issues with aftermarket axles too?

[GlennCMC70]

It is the same rear I've been using since 2005. This is a common failure that does not seem to be accident related.

[RichardP]

I posted pictures of my failure on this forum too:

http://www.aicmctexas.com/main/showt...Flange-Failure


Richard P.

[GlennCMC70]

Update - both sides were cracked. I swapped in some back-ups for now. Aftermarket ones are on the short list for my off season.

[AllZWay]

Kind of scary for sure... .I have mine out and all looked good. I did have to replace a bent axle a couple of years ago though from side to side contact.

[edrock96GT]

Pics?

Something like this: