Front Diff Weeping fluid

[NEFisher11]

So i crawled under my truck yesterday to change the front diff fluid and it appears to be leaking fluid where the drives side axle shaft connects to the diff. I am i assumeing correct that this will be fixed under my powertrain warranty. I hope this dosen't take 3 differnt trips to the dealer plus about 4 days of the truck in the shop for them to get right. So has anyone else had this problem on there truck?

[gmtech4]

i think everyone has

[MaverickZ71]

Yep. Had the exact same pinion seal replaced on mine right before the 3-year "bumper-to-bumper" warranty expired. It was "sweating" at the seal joint. I don't believe this will be covered by the powertrain warranty, but I may be wrong. A year and a half later, it is doing the same thing.

[gmtech4]

Yep. Had the exact same pinion seal replaced on mine right before the 3-year "bumper-to-bumper" warranty expired. It was "sweating" at the seal joint. I don't believe this will be covered by the powertrain warranty, but I may be wrong. A year and a half later, it is doing the same thing.

yes to powertrain warranty

[newdude]

Most likely. Those axle seals are somewhat common.

[00Silverado4x4]

If you are going to change the fluid anyway, you could just buy the $5 seal and replace it yourself and know it's done. I just replaced mine a little over a month ago and it was fast and easy. The hardest part was unbolting the axle shaft...which wasn't very hard at all. I only jacked it up just to rotate the shaft for the unbolting. I was done in less than an hour including the bs session I had with a neighbor.