Upon trying to rotate my tires at 86k miles on my 2006 3500 SRW Mega Cab, I removed the rear wheel from the rear passenger side, and axle grease was oozing out around 3 of the wheel studs.
For some reason I found that odd, so I began disassembling stuff to investigate. I removed the 2 caliper mounting bolts and wired it to the leaf spring out of the way. Next, I pulled the rotor off, and found the oil all over the parking brake shoes.
Then upon closer investigation, I found a nick on the hub, which I know I did not do as I could see where something had been rubbing the vertical face of the steel that protruded from the impact to the hub.
I don't have the new seal to see exactly where it rides on the hub, but I was wondering if anyone could tell me if that might possibly have been the cause of the leak. ???
I wasn't quite ready to do the rear brakes yet, but I guess I am now! Got to wait on parts (seals and parking brake shoes) as no one in town has all the pieces, so I was just wondering what experiences anyone else might have had. Thanks!

For some reason I found that odd, so I began disassembling stuff to investigate. I removed the 2 caliper mounting bolts and wired it to the leaf spring out of the way. Next, I pulled the rotor off, and found the oil all over the parking brake shoes.
Then upon closer investigation, I found a nick on the hub, which I know I did not do as I could see where something had been rubbing the vertical face of the steel that protruded from the impact to the hub.
I don't have the new seal to see exactly where it rides on the hub, but I was wondering if anyone could tell me if that might possibly have been the cause of the leak. ???
I wasn't quite ready to do the rear brakes yet, but I guess I am now! Got to wait on parts (seals and parking brake shoes) as no one in town has all the pieces, so I was just wondering what experiences anyone else might have had. Thanks!