Replaced half-shaft 3,100 miles ago at 107,500. Friday morning I saw the differential seal leaking, about one drop every 2 seconds. It had lost 14 ounces of fluid overnight. I moved the car to the street to clean up the driveway mess, and realized several hours later it had stopped dripping as soon as the car moved. The street is still clean after 2 days.
Now, today, I've driven it about 6 or 7 miles to put it through another hot/cold cycle and check for drips, and to bring the tranny to operating temp to verify fluid level.
What is the likelihood that this could be an intermittent problem for the foreseeable future? Or should I just forget about milking it along, and replace the seal before a "catastrophic" failure? Anybody here with "real world" experience in this?
Thanks.