ShadowDrake

Well the first stock part on my car finally went bad. I have an 04 GT with 60k miles, for clarification's sake.

I was under my car pulling the exhaust up a little higher and looked over to the passenger side rear brake and saw the back of the caliper covered in oil. I figured the smell of gear oil was from the breather (my exhaust was touching the breather and stopping it from being open, as well as hitting it)... There was a small spill around it.

So now I have the problem of fixing this before it becomes a bigger problem. I am supercharging my car in a couple of weeks so the timing of this is frustrating. I am thinking the axleshaft seal/bearing failed, but it doesnt cause any weird noise and it can't be leaking terribly fast.

If this is the issue though, fixing it won't be bad, I just need to know before I tear my oily brake off and clean it up. Suggestions anyone?

justinschmidt1

I had the same thing happen to me before.

Its the axle seal.

Fix it quick because it will get worse and oil will start pouring out that ****

gunpig0313

Mine is doing the same thing passenger side of the car it's the seal I'm just to lazy to fix it yet

tim2002gt

Yeah, definately the axle tube seal. It looks like an involved job, but if your mechanically inclined it really is pretty simple. I just put new axles, differential, seals and bearings in mine and it wasn't too bad of a job.

ShadowDrake

I've had the diff apart and axles out previously to do the Cobra brake swap for the rear... that happened at like 20k miles and I didn't get a leak after that so I know I didn't damage the seals then... I haven't even done anything which would cause the seal to go lately, it happened in the last week, I finally washed the car the other day and the wheel was a mess, it wasn't like that last time I had the chance to wash it. Oh well, that's the way life is, I guess

Where'd you get the seal? And any guide on getting the existing one out? I'm assuming I'm going to need a slide hammer, and am capable of doing it, just haven't taken on something like this before.

I've got a haynes manual around somewhere but I really don't trust it.