Overfilled the 10 bolt?
Overfilled the 10 bolt? What happens if you overfill your rearend?
Ok I just had my gears swapped like one month ago.
I had a leak of rearend fluid. So I look under the car and it looks like its leaking from the pinion seal.
I looked at the seal and no drip or wet with oil. The werid thing is that it looks like it could of very well be the damn seal, what else?
So i took it back to the shop where they did the work, they pulled out the driveshaft looked at the seal and it looks good no driping or even wet from oil.
They are telling me its leaking sum where but not the seal. So then where?
Then they tell me they might of overfilled it. And that it might be splashing out some how. So now they suggest opening the side filler hole and letting it drip till it stops.
So now I'm still not certain where this damn oil is leaking from.
If it was overfilled would it leak out like that? Out thru the breather part ontop of the rear?
Ok I just had my gears swapped like one month ago.
I had a leak of rearend fluid. So I look under the car and it looks like its leaking from the pinion seal.
I looked at the seal and no drip or wet with oil. The werid thing is that it looks like it could of very well be the damn seal, what else?
So i took it back to the shop where they did the work, they pulled out the driveshaft looked at the seal and it looks good no driping or even wet from oil.
They are telling me its leaking sum where but not the seal. So then where?
Then they tell me they might of overfilled it. And that it might be splashing out some how. So now they suggest opening the side filler hole and letting it drip till it stops.
So now I'm still not certain where this damn oil is leaking from.
If it was overfilled would it leak out like that? Out thru the breather part ontop of the rear?
I don't hink you can overfill them. If you filled through the plug then that's as high as it will allow you to fill it. If you are leaking out the pinion seal then I guess you need a new one 
The thing is like I mentioned before, the shop took the driveshaft off and I saw where the seal is dry and it looks good. So what gives where else is it leaking from ? For now imma clean up the whole rearend and watch for new oil. I hope I target the problem if it is the seal, its ******* weird how its not wet or visually leaking.
Did they use a crush sleeve? On my Firehawk, my pinion had a very slow leak right from the factory. Those crush sleeves suck for high torque cars. If it is not a filling issue, have them put a solid spacer in it.
-Geoff
-Geoff
