hd5 outboard seals

I am replacing the inboard seals on my HD5B as a maint4nance thing since I had the tracks and track frames off to change the rollers and tracks. I had replaced the outboard seals a year ago, have less than 5 hrs on them. When I took them off to change the inner seals I saw they were leaking. upon further inspection, they were barely making contact if at all and allowed dirt in/oil out. after measuring everything, they actually have .010 clearance when assembled instead of compressing the spring. upon further inspection, I found they have the later style seal/nut combination along with the later outboard bearings which are bigger. looking at the shaft, they are drilled from the outside to the center of the seal area to allow oil to circulate. my question is, are they the earlier axle that were drilled or the later ones that were not. they are not drilled all the way to the center of the shaft, just to the center of the outboard seal. I am thinking I may have the older shafts with the new seal arrangement. I do have an older housing but the bearing is gone so I cannot measure the difference there but the seal area to the inside of the housing is the same measurement. will provide pics soon. thanks for any help.

The newer axle shafts have 20 tooth sprocket spline. The seals for the newer axles are larger. Oil to the outer bearing is a problem. I always tap the outer bearing cap for 1/8 NPT so I can oil the outer bearing. The seals are located by the (3) drive pins and do not ride on the shaft or seal to the shaft. If the spring assembly is not compressed the steel seal rings will not seal. The inner seal assembly seals to the inside of the sprocket. An "O" ring and the outer seal ring are cemented to the back side of the sprocket. If you need a shim it would be on the back side of the sprocket. However I do not understand how you can measure clearance in the sealing rings without the sprocket installed. Remember the severe draw up torque on the sprocket nut. The early 6 spline axle has deep splines. Oil is supposed to pass down the spline to the outer bearing. On the 20 spline axle oil passage to the outer bearing is more difficult requiring a drilled passage. Hope this helps.