Leaks Everywhere!

[marc11]

I noticed both my pinion seals are leaking, at the front and rear yokes to the diff and T/C, The front isn't bad, just "wet" but the rear, if I leave the truck sit for a while will drop some drops. I have the seals so I will replace the rear this weekend and the front once it actually drips.

I also noticed is is damp where the shaft goes from the T/C to the front diff, I have that seal too, waiting for it to drip.

Is this normal for a truck with 75k on it? No idea how it was treated by the p/o I picked it up last year.

The one other question I have, the right side shaft has oil on it, not dropping, but also damp where it meets the cv boot. Can this be fixed or do I just wait for the shaft to bite it and replace the entire half shaft?

 

[Blueranger99]

i wouldnt know why it would be leakin like that at 75k and 5 yrs old. if the previous owner let it sit for months at a time, stuff could start leakin. i bought an s10 blazer off my cousin b4 i got my ranger. he had lost his liscence for street racin and it sat there for bout 4 months till his mom made him sell it cuz he owed her money. when he was drivin it it didnt leak at all. when i started drivin it the tcase started leakin along with the power steering hoses. but as far as what you are sayin, i would replace all the gaskets together that are leakin so that you arent tearin stuff apart multiple times. then you would only have to change the fluid once.

 

[Frank The Tank]

Very normal apparantly..........
mine leaked front and rear both.
2004
4x4
50k miles.
I bought it used....... didn't notice any wet look to it until I drove it home 14hrs from texas, it had been sitting at a dealership for a few months.

Frank

 

[marc11]

Yeah, seems a lot of the rear pinion seals leak about this time. I replaced the rear pinion seal this past weekend with a Timken one for a whole $8.99, took me way longer than I expected, but went pretty easy and seems to be holding with no noises so I guess I did it right.

The T/C and front diff seem to be the same basic job, I have those seals from Ford already, so I will get to those before the winter.

Not sure about the half shaft, I guess I will wait for it to go and then replace it?