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Nevada rear drive leak - fixed itself ?

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s151669:
My Nevada seems to have mind of it's own. Just as I pressed order on bunch of parts, the rear drive started to leak. There was a coin sized oil stain on the rear wheel. Definitely smells like oil.

Oh well, I can get the seals from local bearing supplier. And I was going to take the rear drive off anyway.

However, I have kept riding the thing and it seems that it does not leak oil anymore. Not a drop to be seen, rear drive casing is bone dry.

What just happened ? :shocked:

Dukedesmo:
As a Land Rover owner, as long as it is leaking you know there is oil in it - have you checked the level?


On a more serious note, can overfilling cause a leak?

Frenchfrog:
my small block did exacatly the same but erratically.In my case I think it was because the casing was over pressurizing when I was driving hard and in high summer heats.I solved it by modifying the venting system in order to have a venting tube leading up over the top of the frame which allows the oil to expand and vent but go back into the casing when the pressure lowers.

s151669:
Level was checked last year when the full contents leaked from the drain hole due missing aluminium washer. Filled until overflowed from the rear hole. Checked the breather while I was at it and it flowed freely both ways.

Dukedesmo:
The over pressurising as above sounds a likely cause, does it have a vent?

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