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Any heavy duty truck shop should be able to take on that project. The inner seals are usually stamped with the mfg part number for easy reference. I 'am a little curious as most often the outer hub seal is the leak and the tell tail sign is gear oil on the polished rims. If that be the case hub seal kits are available from cheap to expensive dependent on material of housing.
AL

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the lube seems to be dripping down the inside of the steering arm or brake rotor mount and dripping on the inside of the rim. I noticed spots of splatter on the wheel well after driving all day yesterday. No splatter on outside or inside the outside cover. The oil level is not noticibly down. We did just have all thegrease fittings lubed and it could be melted grease but somehow I dont think so.

Marc 05 affinity #6429

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Yahoo Message Number: 65095
New info on the grease job recently. Careless greasing of zerk fittings would throw grease on the inside of the rim.
If you are at correct level on your hub oil and just recently had a grease job then we should assume the greasing of your front end is the problem. Here is another case of poor workmanship as over filling grease able front end parts or just not cleaning up excess grease. Probably a good idea to have the front wheel pulled to protect the brake rotor assembly from getting some of this splatter. Call the shop and ask the owner how he wants to handle the cost of clean up of your front end. This has the potential of getting grease on the rotor then on the brake pad. Once that happens the brake pad is history.
AL

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Marc
You can definitely tell the difference as the wheel lube is gear lube and a thick liquid. It also has a strong petroleum odor although that could be dissipated in the wind. If you just had it lubed, it is possible that the wheel was over filled which will cause it to leak. But, either way, do you now have oil on your brakes? If you do you need to clean it off for proper operation. The seals on my coach are a double seal and was a little difficult to find, although a truck supply had them.
Dave

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Yahoo Message Number: 65098
Seems to be no oil on rotors or pads , just down inside of arm. Will clean them just to be sure. They did not do the wheel bearing lube just the grease fittings., I changed the oil in the hubs last year myself.
When we leave next week I will keep a close eye and if it continues will stop at Jerry and Kieths truck repair in Bakersfield which have been recomended.I have the holland IFS manual which has the parts list and no's for the seals.
Marc 05 affinity 36429

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Yahoo Message Number: 65124
Marc,

Any good big truck repair can do this. Nothing special. I had a inner seal leak a few years ago. They said they usually result from sitting for long periods. So, CC went from the Dana Kirkstall to the Holland front suspension on Magnas and Affintys as well as the other models by 2005. Interesting.

Rich 2002 Magna

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Yahoo Message Number: 65330
Just to follow up we are now in Bakersfield and have pulled the wheel and hub assembly apart which was definitely leaking. The brake calliper bolts had been installed with red locktite and were almost unremovable. What we found was there is a spacer that is slotted onto the steer arm and was not lined up properly when last installed (previous owner) this created play which allowed the inner bearing to wear out and the seal to fail. The inner bearing race was broken and all the parts fell out in pieces on the floor when it was removed. The other wheel has been checked and is fine. Consequently we are in a hotel tonight waiting for the bearing to be air freighted from Reno tommorrow.
Marc 05 affinity #6429
 

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Thanks for the after posting. Many times members offer advice and we never hear what happened. Any idea where the work was done before ? AL

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