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If the differential was a bit overfilled, or the truck not level, some oil will flow out once you start pulling the axle shaft (splined cap, in this case).
Now, if oil has gotten inside the brake drum, your outer hub seal and/or the (kork)seal in the spindle keyway needs attention...
This can...
Nothing to do with the trailer; usually they don't have drive axles.
What you have there is a stock M35 rear axle housing with at least one custom-made axle shaft.
Typically that's what you need for a free wheeling (lock) hub, put on (one side of) the front rear axle, on a stock tandem. A big...