Is this an excessive amount of leakage (halfshaft)

[Clint Beastwood]

Most of my cars have either been old, italian, or both, so my thresholds for oil leakage are... different.

FiST is a 2017 with 14k miles, is this excessive? I cleaned it off about 6000 miles ago. I was down there looking again because I'm getting a whirring sound when rolling to a stop, took out my RMM to see if it was from that.

 

[Clint Beastwood]

I'm currently reading through a billionty pages of reports about axle seals, but there aren't any photos yet so I don't know if mine is excessive.

 

[Sekred]

No, that's ok. When its dripping on the floor then its time to look at a re-seal. That's my option anyway.

 

[KnockOff]

Mine were dripping all over before replacement. 30k later mine look like yours.

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[TyphoonFiST]

They had a seal Re-design along the way from what I've gathered from the last tech who did mine 2 years ago. I Haven't looked at mine lately but ill get pics just for shits tomorrow when I put on my summer wheels.

 

[JDG]

Mine look similar at 60K miles. I am not concerned. I shoot to change my transmission fluid every 30-40k miles and measure to be sure I am not losing anything significant.

 

[Intuit]

Looks more like seepage than leakage.

Fluid level should be 1" or 20mm from the fill hole on the front-ish of the transmission.

Note, that at least some years weren't filled according to the refill instructions, and so will have 1.67L instead of ~2.1L. So if it seems low, that may only be due to the fact that the factory filled according to an incorrect spec, versus transmission capacity.

 

[KnockOff]

They had a seal Re-design along the way from what I've gathered from the last tech who did mine 2 years ago. I Haven't looked at mine lately but ill get pics just for shits tomorrow when I put on my summer wheels.

They went from a black rubber ring being visible on the outside to what the OP showed his as the metal ring. The first 2 times they replaced mine they leaked. There is a trick I'm told. 3rd time was the charm.

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[TyphoonFiST]

They went from a black rubber ring being visible on the outside to what the OP showed his as the metal ring. The first 2 times they replaced mine they leaked. There is a trick I'm told. 3rd time was the charm.

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I've been told....alot of people install them wrong. This plays a factor also at the dealer. But with Clity's seal....I will say its just seepage and normal!

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[KnockOff]

I've been told....alot of people install them wrong. This plays a factor also at the dealer. But with Clity's seal....I will say its just seepage and normal!

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I concur.

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[Clint Beastwood]

Thanks for the input all - I'm going to try to check my trans fluid this afternoon because *something* is making noises and it's not RPM based, its vehicle speed based. I'm narrowing it down to wheel bearings or something transmission side. I have an innate distrust of dealerships.

 

[JDG]

Thanks for the input all - I'm going to try to check my trans fluid this afternoon because *something* is making noises and it's not RPM based, its vehicle speed based. I'm narrowing it down to wheel bearings or something transmission side. I have an innate distrust of dealerships.

Rightfully so.

 

[Clint Beastwood]

Rightfully so.

Document *everything*. It's gotten me a replacement car a time or two.

 

[TyphoonFiST]

Nope here are both of mine 50k .....35k after replacement.

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[mdude58]

My passenger side looks like the OP pic, maybe a little less at 35k mi (MY 2017). Driver side is dry as a bone.

 

[Se7eN]

Thanks for the input all - I'm going to try to check my trans fluid this afternoon because *something* is making noises and it's not RPM based, its vehicle speed based. I'm narrowing it down to wheel bearings or something transmission side. I have an innate distrust of dealerships.

I'm having similar issues, under load. Neutral it goes away for the most part and trans shifts fine. Hope you find out what it is.

 

[Clint Beastwood]

I'm having similar issues, under load. Neutral it goes away for the most part and trans shifts fine. Hope you find out what it is.

They wound up replacing both front axles - sorry i left the thread hanging unresolved

 

[SpiceyorangeST]

Did they say the seals were bad? Is that what caused the noise you heard?

 

[Se7eN]

They wound up replacing both front axles - sorry i left the thread hanging unresolved

Did that solve the issue? I used a chasis ear and found that my noise seems to be coming from the transmission itself.

 

[Clint Beastwood]

Did that solve the issue? I used a chasis ear and found that my noise seems to be coming from the transmission itself.

have not heard it come back yet.