wescam
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- Alexandria VA
Ok, bear with me. I did a search and read a few threads about replacing seals. Most discussion was about inner seals when replacing carrier, etc.
My knowledge on this is very limited, and I had my ride regeared at a well-known shop about 250 miles from where I live about three weeks ago.
At a local jeep club get-together, we built a small rock garden in the big back yard at this dude's house. Just to goof off. All the other Jeeps were Wranger types (Rubis, TJs, a CJ-8 and a YJ) and went over the rocks. I went and got my XJ (no skids, no fender trim, lol) and idled over the rocks in 4wd low range. Everyone was a bit shocked that I didn't touch anything. No scrapes, no rubs, heh, anyway.
Now I knew that was the first time I was in 4WD since the work was done, and like every other day, the next day I checked under my Jeep for any leaks.
What looks like gear oil leaks out and drips off the driver's side end of the axle. It only happens when I park driver's side down in my parking garage (it's angled). I also noticed a small bit of what looks like gear oil where the front drive shaft goes in to the diff., but it was never enough to form a drop.
On the front axle, at the end, if I park driver's side down, overnight maybe four drops will hit the concrete and one drop is like hanging on the bottom of the knuckle.
I called the mechanic back, he asked for pictures and told me to keep an eye on it. The oil level in the diff is fine.
I think a seal is a bit nic'd or something, becuase on the passenger side, it's bone dry. (I'm clueless on this remember).
Isn't there an outer seal there?
Also, I just have to ask, why would it start after using 4wd? I mean just spinning the front axle in 4WD was enough to identify the leak after the gear install?
Also, if you were to overfill the diff somehow (like if it weren't level) would an overflow leak out in this fashion? Isn't there a tube it would vent out of?
When I was cutting my fender liner and whacking off my bumper bling endcap area for tire fitment, I looked all around for that diff vent to see where it would dump oil. Couldn't find it, but it was cloudy and raining.
I'm not worried about it right now, I'll just keep checking the fluid and wait for the mechanic to get back to me. I just want to get some questions answered.
Thanks as always for the help (in advance) FWIW I posted it in mod. tech since the gears were modded recently. I suppose it could be an OEM quesiton also.
My knowledge on this is very limited, and I had my ride regeared at a well-known shop about 250 miles from where I live about three weeks ago.
At a local jeep club get-together, we built a small rock garden in the big back yard at this dude's house. Just to goof off. All the other Jeeps were Wranger types (Rubis, TJs, a CJ-8 and a YJ) and went over the rocks. I went and got my XJ (no skids, no fender trim, lol) and idled over the rocks in 4wd low range. Everyone was a bit shocked that I didn't touch anything. No scrapes, no rubs, heh, anyway.
Now I knew that was the first time I was in 4WD since the work was done, and like every other day, the next day I checked under my Jeep for any leaks.
What looks like gear oil leaks out and drips off the driver's side end of the axle. It only happens when I park driver's side down in my parking garage (it's angled). I also noticed a small bit of what looks like gear oil where the front drive shaft goes in to the diff., but it was never enough to form a drop.
On the front axle, at the end, if I park driver's side down, overnight maybe four drops will hit the concrete and one drop is like hanging on the bottom of the knuckle.
I called the mechanic back, he asked for pictures and told me to keep an eye on it. The oil level in the diff is fine.
I think a seal is a bit nic'd or something, becuase on the passenger side, it's bone dry. (I'm clueless on this remember).
Isn't there an outer seal there?
Also, I just have to ask, why would it start after using 4wd? I mean just spinning the front axle in 4WD was enough to identify the leak after the gear install?
Also, if you were to overfill the diff somehow (like if it weren't level) would an overflow leak out in this fashion? Isn't there a tube it would vent out of?
When I was cutting my fender liner and whacking off my bumper bling endcap area for tire fitment, I looked all around for that diff vent to see where it would dump oil. Couldn't find it, but it was cloudy and raining.
I'm not worried about it right now, I'll just keep checking the fluid and wait for the mechanic to get back to me. I just want to get some questions answered.
Thanks as always for the help (in advance) FWIW I posted it in mod. tech since the gears were modded recently. I suppose it could be an OEM quesiton also.