Quota oil spray on the rear wheel; is this an overflow?

[p6x]

12 hours ago, activpop said:

@p6x Dont know if it has been mentioned, but that plug might have fallen out two miles from home.  I have a hard time believing you could stay upright on a greased tire for 200 miles, let alone have that rear drive keep spinning for that distance.  Rear drive fluid has a distinctive odor...I think you could have caught a whiff of it sometime soon after the leak occurred. Maybe backtrack in the car for a short distance to get a visual of where the dump occurred? Might be a possibility, or maybe it's too late now. I hope another biker didn't go through your oil slick. Glad you made it home.

There is no way I am going to find that plug. The only clue I can offer, is that in Gladewater, when I noticed the leak, I cleaned the transmission, the rim, the tire.

I waited a moment, and there were any further leakage. Which reinforced my thinking that it was maybe overpressure oil that leaked, and it stopped.

It only stopped because there were no more oil! if you think about it, the rear drive contains 0.230 liter of oil... next to nothing.

[p6x]

This is likely the parts that have worn out: you need to replace them as a set too.

Besides, I do not have a vice nor a bench. Removing the drive pinion is going to be challenging, if I needed to.

[gstallons]

Did you explain to MPH the reason for the "need" for the drain plug ?