Doomist

I have a leak and its a pretty good leak, dad thinks it might be the brakes brother thinks its a seal. so what do you think! any helpfull suggestions?!


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ChickenLover

Stick yer tongue on it.. Does it taste like brake fluid, or diff fluid?

jct61765

Take the tire off.

Doomist

... when i dont have a garage or a shop... and a jack for that matter. its kind of hard. but i guess i can try! its going to be. Rain+hi-lift+mud=taking tire off

Elton

x2 lol

Tofer

thank you elton... your input means so much here on YT....

Tofer

that so funny will someone please add that to their sig!

Doomist

done.

breknraj

Don't forget a jack stand! They are pretty cheap, but great insurance for safety!

As to your problem - With the amount of fluid you have, my first guess would be the axle seal. There is definitely enough there to just get a smear on your fingertip, then give it a sniff. Gear oil has a very distinct (and nasty) odor to it, and you will be able to smell it, even with just a little on your finger.

Brake fluid will give you the immediate feeling of drying your skin when you touch it.

Do that simple test (you don't even have to jack it up), then start making your plans from there.

mt_goat

Probably gear oil, if all that was brake fluid your reservoir would be about empty by now and you'd be stopping very slowly.

PoleVaulter95

i would vote for it being a bad seal because ive been in the same position. but regardless of what it is your going to have to put on new shoes becuase they have been soaking in that oil. be prepared to thouroughly (sp*) clean out the inside of that drum so your braking wont be altered.

techno

While you are trouble shooting your problem, (touching, licking, smelling) I had the same issue once. Turned out to be from a dog taking a leak on my wheel....

...and yeah, most likely an axle seal.

86SR522REEFI

Check your brake fluid level, is it low? Do the smell check. Is your brake pedal spongy? My truck was that bad when my wheel cylinder went. Good luck. O yea, make your way down to sears and get a floor jack and a jack stand set

Rcross

If it was gear oil you should be able to smell it just getting around 20 ft of your truck......

WSUWESTON

I vote for the dog piss

Doomist

thats kind of weird. the day i found this leak, i was at a freinds boat.. and a dog... took a leak on my tire! !!. thats scarey.

86SR522REEFI

so did u smell it yet

msw0085

sorry, i have one more post till 2000

Doomist

Yea i smelt it, it smells like hydroil oil. (closest thing i could think of) but i opened the diff today, and oil started coming out.. and with a closer look, it has bubbles in it. dont know if thats good or bad. the brake fluid is fine. its at where i filled it last.

Tofer

sounds like my suggestion to do the diff breather mod last summer was a good one........ too bad it fell on deaf ears





your diffs full of water... the pressure built up and blew the seal..... thats my call