y is my axle leaking?

[trainguy438]

went fishing to day and after a bit noticed i was taking on water. i drained it out and pulled the floor pans and saw that two axles were letting water in. i greesed it before i left like normal. it only has 212 hrs on it and i mantain it often. any ideas? its an 04 bigfoot. thanx!

[dromas]

i would assume it would just be a bearing seal or flange gasket problem you could try torquing the outter flange bolts and see if it seals up if not i would think bearing seals

[trainguy438]

i was afraid of that. ill take a closer look at it. funny i went for a ride a day before and was in the river and swamps and didnt get a drop in it. now its trickling in.