Uh oh... This looks bad....

qbracken · **Posted:** Sat Dec 06, 2008 7:51 pm

So I was banging on my Pinch welds today, and noticed something that I did not want to see on my Drivers side front driveline:

It seems like a slow leak, and have not noticed any drips on my garage floor or inside the skid plate you see there under the front diff.... It definately has an oily texture & smell... There is a slight bit of "in & out" play with the driveline, but no left & right/up & down play....

Ugh, this must be what I get for Frankenlifting my rig.... What's this gonna cost me to fix?

KJ04 · **Posted:** Sat Dec 06, 2008 8:06 pm

Ah, the sweet smell of gear oil just lingers in your nostrols, doesn't it? Keep tabs on your differential gear oil until you get a new axle seal in it.

qbracken · **Posted:** Sat Dec 06, 2008 8:55 pm

So this is a shot axle seal then? How involved is replacement?

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:39 pm

qbracken wrote:

So this is a shot axle seal then? How involved is replacement?

it's a lot of darn work for a $3 dollar rubber seal......

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Sun Dec 07, 2008 1:47 am

Should be covered under Warranty.............................

qbracken · **Posted:** Sun Dec 07, 2008 2:40 am

dieselenthusiast wrote:

Should be covered under Warranty.............................

Oh man, that would freakin' rawk if it was covered under warranty.... I have a feeling they'll gimme a hard time about the Lift though; probably try and tell me I have voided my powertrain warranty....

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Sun Dec 07, 2008 2:52 am

They cannot void the power train warranty unless they can prove the lift can cause harm.

They can say a lift caused that leak since it most more pressure on the joint though..

My pinion seal has been leaking worse than that for awhile. :lol:

rangerd77 · **Joined:** Sat May 03, 2008 10:48 am **Posts:** 512

qbracken wrote:

Ugh, this must be what I get for Frankenlifting my rig.... What's this gonna cost me to fix?

$7029.79 hahhahaha j/k but yea, get a $3 seal and get that crap in, no big deal if you know what you're doing.

riptricket · **Posted:** Sun Dec 07, 2008 12:52 pm

thearranty should cover it; i have a leak on my transmission plate, and they took it off, resealed, refilled and gave me a $25 gift card to use for anything... which i let expire b/c the stealership costs too much for everythin, and it was all covered under my warranty.

they even gave me a rental b/c it took 4 days to complete b/c they were so backed-up!

KJ04 · **Posted:** Sun Dec 07, 2008 1:41 pm

cdiekhans wrote:

qbracken wrote:

So this is a shot axle seal then? How involved is replacement?

it's a lot of darn work for a $3 dollar rubber seal......

Chris, where did you get axle seals for $3.00?
I'm pretty sure mine were $13.88 ea. at NAPA.

Sport · **Posted:** Mon Dec 08, 2008 10:35 am

KJ04 wrote:

cdiekhans wrote:

qbracken wrote:

So this is a shot axle seal then? How involved is replacement?

it's a lot of darn work for a $3 dollar rubber seal......

Chris, where did you get axle seals for $3.00?
I'm pretty sure mine were $13.88 ea. at NAPA.

I think he was exaggerating, but they are pretty cheap. The pain is the work trying to get that seal out, PITA! Mine took tools, cursing and bloody knuckles to get out. BUt I did it all myself and that is what makes it all worth while. :lol:

Have fun

RespectMyLibertay · **Posted:** Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:48 am

Use a Burnomatic torch to heat up the diff (after you've drained it) and get a strong axle-seal puller. Think expansion

qbracken · **Posted:** Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:08 pm

Jeepjeepster wrote:

They can say a lift caused that leak since it most more pressure on the joint though..

I guess if they try and argue that point, my rebuttal would be "if that were the case, then the passenger side driveline would be leaking too..."

:wink:

KJ04 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:03 pm

The curved end of a crowbar worked for me. One little jerk and it was out.

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