Closed knuckle lube issue

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Thanks for the input.
I know what you’re saying about gear oil color, but this is definitely John Deere green. I also suspected that maybe they weren’t so careful replacing the axels and tore the seals, but since an R&R of the gears is above my skill level, I really don’t want to tear it all apart until I know I have a problem.

Had a long and interesting talk with the guy at Torque King (one of the few vendors left that truly understands this old junk). His opinion was that the original seal design was intended more for keeping oil in the pumpkin, rather than keeping stuff out, and since the factory used the same 90W in the knuckles, preventing cross contamination wasn’t really a priority. Even though he sells his own version of “Knuckle Pudding” he knows lots of folks who use Cornhead with great success, and says it’s great stuff. Bottom line…he said some leakage was going to happen and to not worry about it. I have depended on them for years for advice and obsolete parts, so I’ll trust him on this and quite overthinking this.