Hub Flange Leaking

LostChord

Well-known member
Hub cap on the flange split and started leaking. No fluid on the backside of the wheel.

Thoughts on whether it's just the cap, or the seal should be replaced as well?

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MountainD

Technical Excellence Contributor
Also, check your breather tubes. I just took a 600mi road trip and I checked all my fluids and since I had never checked mine, I went ahead and took the 5 minutes to check them. It was plugged so tight with crap I had to cut off a couple inches and drill out the fitting. Horrid. Glad I didn't blow a hub seal. I try and yearly check my fluids and tubes, but this was a new-to-me (ish) truck and had probably not been checked in a decade.... Of course my 5 minute check turned into 1/2 hour :)
 

1of40

Well-known member
Hub cap on the flange split and started leaking. No fluid on the backside of the wheel.

Thoughts on whether it's just the cap, or the seal should be replaced as well?

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Happens to mine as well. New cap helps but it just masks the real problem unfortunately. I need to really do all four corners which I suspect are in factory seals.
 
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