Help! Stuck in Seattle-Rear end gone!

I would think if the dealership that did the wheel seals forgot to put oil in, you would have some serious damage to the spindles, racers, bearings, and most likely cooked seals again, 2 weeks without oils is a long time. When a dealership replaced the wheel seals on mine, they only added roughly a quart of oil to each side.

 

6 quarts will fill a chevy differential. But not an eaton

 

I would be keeping a close eye on that receipt and maybe talk to an attorney.

Get a statement from the current shop as to the capacity of the rear end.

 

They shouldn't have to fill the whole diff, unless someone requested that they drain the whole diff. All they have to fill is what's lost during changing of the seals. Search for your rear end and pics of it in pieces and you will see. You more than likely would have had the wheel end fall off. I paid around $900 with all new pads for both sides.
Here is a reference pic, the bowl is lower than the axle, that bowl holds allot of oil.

http://www.crestfleet.com/mdepc/img/05/MD05-007.jpg

 

When they pull the wheels & brakes off they will be able to tell how hot it got, take pictures of it if the seals and such if they are showing excessive heat.

 

If the tech "filled" the diff with 6 qts, then that's entirey possible. If all this shop drained out was this much or less, someone dropped the ball or you had best have had a reason for 4the gallons of 80W90 disappearing.

Either way, some should be paying for a rearend and it's not you.

 

Because he's feeding. You a line of bovine excrement