It looks like my front DS is leaking, something I have never heard of happening. I'm guessing there's a seal somewhere on the end. How important is this regarding Moab this week? Urgent or just a leak?
Leaking Drive Shaft
It looks like my front DS is leaking, something I have never heard of happening. I'm guessing there's a seal somewhere on the end. How important is this regarding Moab this week? Urgent or just a leak?
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Dont have an answer for you, but I will make sure I have my welder with me this weekend so all we need to do is find some power if it needs welded up. Assuming you mean the end of the tube?
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I haven't gotten a close look but noticed oil in the garage and was surprised to find the leak there.
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Brody probably knows better, but there is an oil seal that likes to fail on those sometimes. I know Marlin Crawler makes an HD seal for the Minitruck cases, but not sure about Cruiser ones. As long as you don't let it run dry, I imagine it isn't a major issue and could be fixed after the Moab trip.
Josh
p.s. Steve, if you'd like to, you are welcome to take my ready welder with you. Now that you have dual batteries, it should be pretty easy for you to use.
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Chris - I wouldnt worry too much, mine leaks out of every tcase seal, including the front output really bad... I just make sure I top it off every once in a while untill i can get to pulling it out and changing out all the seals.
Josh - That sounds great. I need to meet up with you sometime before thursday morning anyways to get my tent from you.
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This isn't the tcase guys, it's the DS itself I think.
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... I dont get it
so is it grease leaking out of the slip yoke? where on the driveshaft is it leaking?
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Ok thats just weird then. I'd say its residual oil or water or something that go in there. Maybe spent grease or something. I'd say just grease it back up at every zirq fitting and call it good.
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Did a quick search and the zerk may have come out. I'll look tomorrow.
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ah, then you should be fine, especially if you stick a new zerk in. I have some zerks here if you need one
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Yeah, I have to get under there and see what's happening. It's odd or maybe I just missed something else altogether. This may be another "Chris posts before really looking" thing.
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[GOOGLE]Checking your driveshaft for leaks[/GOOGLE]
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haha, and the first thing google did was correct you!
I have some meteric thread taps if you need to chase the threads... but I have standard zerks.... which doesnt solve the problem. In fact, thats the very same reason my zerks are now welded on.
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And a few posts back you should have seen where I said "I searched"
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HAY CHRIS CHECK THE END OF THE SLIP YOKE AND SEE IF THE PLUG GOT KNOCKED OUT . IT ITS A COMEN THING WITH THE TOYOTA
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That's pretty much my conclusion, I'll be taking a look today since it's lube the Cruiser day for me.
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I'll keep the garage door closed.
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