[jimTN]

As far as you are down, its not that much more trouble to pull both housings and do the job right, replacing the inner seals. Every rear I have been into has enough clearence from being used to go back together with silicone sealer instead of having to play with paper gaskets. Never had one fail doing it that way. If it was new bearings, that would be a different thing. I also keep the "quick fix" external inserted seals on hand for emerg. fixes and bought them about three years ago for a lot less than $32 per pair. Got them from someone on the west coast I read about.