Leaky pinion seals?

FreedomKJ · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 12:16 am

I had my Jeep up on a lift today so I could do an oil change and remove the skidplates and noticed this while underneath:

Both my pinion seals are leaking!

Anyone else have this problem lately? Also, does anyone know why it's damp around the area where the two parts of the front shaft are bolted together?

Oh, and while taking my skids off I managed to bust the welds on the nut in the front crossmember, so it'll be fun to figure out how to reattach my skids...

crdawg · **Joined:** Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:55 pm **Posts:** 98

i had about 2500 miles on my liberty when it went into the dealership to replace the rear pinion seal,so bad that it threw oil all underneath my liberty.replaced under warrenty so i didnt get to see the old one,they sent it back to dc

SD-KJ · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 12:55 am

FreedomKJ i am sure that you saw my post about this. Yours does not look all that bad at all. Like i said in the other post, the dealer said that he has seen this in MANY other liberties and it appears yours is not leaking very much...?

I am wondering if this is somthing that will happen naturally and there is no way to get around it?

Correct my if i am wrong i am guessing here...

-nick

FreedomKJ · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:24 pm

SD-KJ wrote:

FreedomKJ i am sure that you saw my post about this. Yours does not look all that bad at all. Like i said in the other post, the dealer said that he has seen this in MANY other liberties and it appears yours is not leaking very much...?

I am wondering if this is somthing that will happen naturally and there is no way to get around it?

Correct my if i am wrong i am guessing here...

-nick

Yeah, I saw your post after I made mine. Your leak is certainly worse than mine, but if my dealer ever told me that it wasn't leaking "bad enough" for them to do anything about it I'd go find another dealer. A leak is a leak, and it's covered under the powertrain warranty.

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