rear drive leak

[richard100t]

I put a new back tire on recently & noticed that some redline is getting into the inside of the rear drive. Its a slow leak right now that spits fluid onto the rim when I ride. Theres a sleeve type thing inside the crown that may be the culprit, but I'd like to get someone elses opinion.

[Guest ratchethack]

Richard, I get the same thing. Unless and/or until it suddeny spews excess quantities of strawberry sorbet on the wheel, I prefer to think of the s-l-o-w seepage (it ain't a "leak" by any stretch!) past the seal into the hub splines as a convenient "auto lube" feature that ensures the hub splines won't ever lack for that ever-so-cushy, corrosion-inhibiting coating of high grade lube that keeps those splines happy as a clam.

 

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