TOPIC: Halfshaft/CV Joint When i had the Jimny i did not notice i had oil leaking to the swivel joint and hitting the front passenger side tyre. a few months down the line when i finally did look under the car and noticed, i got some advice and was told 99% of the time it would be the kingpins and that they are most likely worn. I went ahead and brought the Kingpin bearings and ONE axle oil seal from a shop along with the large Swivel Seal that fits on the back of the hub. I took the car to a mechanic and was told the kingpins were fine and so was the wheel bearings. He said to me there's no play in the wheels etc, then he showed me the small axel oil seal that had perished and said somebody had done a bodge job by jamming two small axel seals together instead of the one, somebody had hammered another seal on top of the other i guess to stop the leak ? All the parts were fitted minus the kingpins. Anyway i asked if having all the parts fitted would fix the problem and the mechanic stated it would stop the leak for a few days, weeks or even months or years but he does not know. He then said where the small axel seal was along with another one jammed together had caused groves in the halfshaft cv joint so the small axel oil seal does