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Old Dec 18, 2011 | 07:13 PM
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i had posted about my broken drive shaft last week or the week before, i replaced my two peice with a one peice but now i have rear end oil/ gear grease/ which ever you call it leaking and leaking badly. i think the old drive shave bent the shaft going into the rear end because its a gap now. is there a cheap way to fix this or at least slow it down (i filled up my rear last sunday and its empty again) im 100% lost on this issue
if not what do i do?
 
Old Dec 18, 2011 | 07:29 PM
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its a stick shift, also when i hold the clutch in the car bucks and comes to a stop instead of rolling
 
Old Dec 18, 2011 | 10:22 PM
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Are you sure you didn't just rip/damage your pinion seal?
 
Old Dec 19, 2011 | 04:54 AM
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can you post a picture of it. sounds like the rear end is broken
 
Old Dec 19, 2011 | 04:40 PM
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can you post a picture of it. sounds like the rear end is broken
yes i will post a picture in the morning its dark here
 
Old Dec 19, 2011 | 04:42 PM
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Are you sure you didn't just rip/damage your pinion seal?
thats what the place i take my car to says, but im 5 hours away at school, is there anyway i can check it, what would i be looking for?
 
Old Dec 19, 2011 | 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by craby
can you post a picture of it. sounds like the rear end is broken
x2, if you can get both rear wheels off the ground, unbolt the driveshaft and try to turn the pinion by hand (with the park brake off). If it does not turn smooth you have a problem in the rearend.
 
Old Dec 20, 2011 | 11:45 AM
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if your pinion seal was leaking, you would see fluid coming from the front of the dif, where the driveshaft goes.
 
Old Dec 21, 2011 | 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Failed Devices
if your pinion seal was leaking, you would see fluid coming from the front of the dif, where the driveshaft goes.
i replaced the seal it stopped leaking
 
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Old Dec 21, 2011 | 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by 98stuntin
i replaced the seal it stopped leaking
Hopefully you made some reference point mark with the pinion nut before you removed it, so you can get it back exactly where it was. Otherwise you're looking at a possible premature ring & pinion gear failure down the road.
 



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