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Originally Posted by whataboutbob
I suspect the new seal is damaged. I had a similar problem in the past and ended up taking mine to a shop to have the seal replaced. There's a spring that holds the seal against the axle that can be damaged/deformed when installing the axle. If that happens you'll get a leak like this.
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Yeah my origninal old seal lost its spring and when I replaced the new axle seal made sure that was intact.
I did however, not lube the inside nor seal the outside of the axle seal to the diff with RTV (not sure if this is necessary, but this video states so ->
When putting the new axle seal back in, I also used the old axle seal to tap it inside to not damage the new seal, but I do think I may have pushed in too far in. I pushed in to the point where it is flush against the shiny metal inner ring of the diff.
Really puzzled what the issue is, but thank you for your insight.