<div dir="ltr"><div>Possible but not as likely as gear oil in my opinion.  I think excessive grease in the hub should get into the axle unless the hub seal has failed.</div><div><br></div><div>Did you smell what you found?  You might compare its smell to grease & whatever you are using in the diff.</div><div><br></div><div>Geo</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 10:29 AM,  <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:terryrs@comcast.net" target="_blank">terryrs@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Pulled the rear drum on the TR3 and found grease contaminating it inside.  At first I thought I had a differential oil leak into the hub, but because it's more like grease, is it possible that I've overpumped grease at the axle bearing?<br>
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Terry Smith, '59 TR3A<br>
New Hampshire<br>
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