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fluid leak on cv joints???

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:45 pm
by islandvitara
hi all me again,

just got my sierra hi-top on saturday hada look at it when i got home and there seems to be a fluid leak of some sort on the cv (i think thats it) boths sides - where the front drive shaft goes into that big ball thing...hard to explain... :?:

anyone had this problem before or no of this problem? its a 86 suzuki sierra hi-top 1.3L SWB


thanks all :cool:

islandvit

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:03 pm
by ScrawnC
It is the inner axle seal leaking diff oil into the swivel hubs. Eventually it just leaks out the wiper seals. If you do a search I'm sure someone did a write up on doing it with heaps of pics. Not too difficult to do.

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:12 pm
by islandvitara
thanks scrawnc i shall do!!! :D

cheers man :cool: