The front/pinion shaft seal on my truck's 14 bolt/10.5 is leaking.

I haven't worked much with the 14 bolt and am wondering if I can R/R the pinion seal without requiring a new crush sleeve & then needing to check the gear mesh pattern?

Can I measure the rotational torque (I suppose with axles pulled) as it is. Then note the # of threads exposed. Then pull the nut & yoke. R/R seal.

Then replace the yoke & tighten the nut back to where it was. & finally check to ensure the rotational torque is similar to before?

If it was a small leak, I'd just tolerate it, but it leaks enough to require watching & replacing a bit of gear oil maybe once a month.