Passenger side transmission axle seal leaking after replacement
Differential seals often feel slightly too large for the bore or difficult to seat squarely, which leads to improper installation during CV axle replacement. This mistake causes transmission fluid to leak slowly or dump completely out within a day.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
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- 1Replacing and reinstalling the transmission sealDid this help you?
- 2Ensuring the seal is pushed flush with the lip on the flangeDid this help you?
In their words
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“after replacing my CV axle on my 2010 honda civic my transmission started to leak slowly from the passenger side transmission seal.”source ↗
“I went to autozone to get the replacement seal and installed the seal and the next day all of my transmission oil leaked out.”source ↗
“I've come to the conclusion that I am not putting in the seal right.”source ↗
“I can't seem to get the diff seal to go into the bore, it feels just a little too large, despite being identical to the one i removed”source ↗
Where this came up
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