Leaking seals 53 M38A1

[Frank v R]

Hi Casey, as Rob stated looks like you missed something , make a visit to Canadian Tire and get some Permatex Aviation Form a Gasket , comes in a small white plastic bottle with a silver top , has a brush in it , when doing the install of a oil seal you must make sure your surfaces are CLEAN of oil and grease, put a skim of sealer on the housing where the seal will sit and install the seal, next step is your drive flange , again all parts must be CLEAN ,make sure there is no deep groove in the drive flange if so replace it or use a speedy sleeve, use sealer on the splines of the pinion and flange and install flange, I think this is your present oil leak, also when installing bolts into housings such as tranmission or transfer case you must also use sealer on the bolts as oil will leak out through the threads as it does on the pinion splines,much of this info are old guy tricks that you will need to learn, do you have the books for your vehicle ? I think you need to spend more time reading them , hope all this helps you,
regards Frank