Getting a drip of fluid two weeks after brake and rotor replacement on RH front along with a new ball joint. Any guesses on diagnosis before I take everything off again? See image attached of drip coming down from ball joint. Not sure if it is making its way from hub assembly or not. Thanks!

 

How does it feel on your hands? Brake fluid is "grainy" feeling while diff fluid is much more smooth and a traditional oil feel.

 

1) is it brake fluid? should be easy to diagnose once apart.
2) or is it diff fluid from leaky axle seal......?

 

Appears to be differential fluid.

 

yep...being that your ball joints look new, I suspected that the front axle was recently pulled out. Often this seal gets damaged when doing that.

BE CAREFUL installing new seal. It goes in one way and not the other. Spring side towards the differential, big seal faces outside axle 'hat' on shaft. If these were replaced too, I would suspect that they were installed improperly...

there is plenty of discussion on which way the seal goes, and which brand to buy.....

 

Thanks XRAD, this is very helpful.

 

If you do this yourself, go in prepared with a proper way to seat the new seal in place.
I was not and ended up using a PVC pipe to push it in.
Go Prepared as Warn would say.........

 

Thanks NewTwoTheTwo - did the PVC pipe do the trick?

 

More or less
I was lucky enough to have a piece that mostly fit the size of the seal.
I would of preferred it fit a bit better though.
I had to use a small BIG hammer to tap it in place.
Nothing about it seemed easy and I was just assuming there had to be a more appropriate tool

Something more like this
https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/...B&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

A beer or soda can is also the exact diameter of the tool needed to insert the seal properly. ​​​​​​​