Grease splatter on inner rear pass. wheel
07-04-2009, 04:24 AM
#16
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07-04-2009, 05:11 PM
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Hatch--
Part of the early-ownership PM process is replacing ALL the rubber bits on your 20+yo car. So you have a sigb that one of the CV boots has cracked. Are you going to try to fix just the on ethat's obviouly leaking, or will you do all four so you won't have to worry about them for another 15-20 years. Same tools, car is already up on stands, and just another set of gloves so you don't muss the manicure with that nasty old grease.
As Jim reminds us, you need to have a more progressive attitude about keeping your 21 year old, $75k baby alive and happy. You have plenty of stuff to bring current on the car when you buy it. Easy enough to just take inventory of everything that isn't metal, and start working that list. Coolant hoses, fuel hoses, brake hoses, transmission hoses, oil hoses, vent hoses. Boots, belts, bearings and seals. Brakes, shocks, tires. How far along are you on that list so far? I'll bet nowhere close to 50% you suggest. I soent the first coupke years doing the major points on my list, and that was on a low-miles car that was only 8 at the time I started the program.
Good luck with your quest!
Part of the early-ownership PM process is replacing ALL the rubber bits on your 20+yo car. So you have a sigb that one of the CV boots has cracked. Are you going to try to fix just the on ethat's obviouly leaking, or will you do all four so you won't have to worry about them for another 15-20 years. Same tools, car is already up on stands, and just another set of gloves so you don't muss the manicure with that nasty old grease.
As Jim reminds us, you need to have a more progressive attitude about keeping your 21 year old, $75k baby alive and happy. You have plenty of stuff to bring current on the car when you buy it. Easy enough to just take inventory of everything that isn't metal, and start working that list. Coolant hoses, fuel hoses, brake hoses, transmission hoses, oil hoses, vent hoses. Boots, belts, bearings and seals. Brakes, shocks, tires. How far along are you on that list so far? I'll bet nowhere close to 50% you suggest. I soent the first coupke years doing the major points on my list, and that was on a low-miles car that was only 8 at the time I started the program.
Good luck with your quest!
07-04-2009, 07:07 PM
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I have the same problem and couldn't understand where the grease was coming from. I know my cv boots are new so must be wheel bearing seal. How difficult to replace seal? I don't want BIGGER problem.
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[QUOTE=davek9;6702364]Yes CV Boot or Wheel Bearing seal, u need 2 take the wheel off and jack it up and look. Don't let it go 2 long else it could get expensive![/QUOTE
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[QUOTE=davek9;6702364]Yes CV Boot or Wheel Bearing seal, u need 2 take the wheel off and jack it up and look. Don't let it go 2 long else it could get expensive
Yes, things do wear out on a 23 year old car. especially when you race it a 120 days and 30,000miles after it is already 15 years old. 
you should replace the obvious things that can be dangerous or cause other things to break. (like those brake lines that cost me part of a race) but most all of the other millions of things, just have to be replaced as they wear out. wheel bearings will make noises, ball joints will start to click, and other that, wiring will and can go bad. thats why I removed most of it, but generally all the major wires were in good shape, but somethings were not. still wondering if i have a bad knock sensor for the one I didnt replace as it was not in stock when we put the engine back in the car.
as far as the wheel bearing or CV joint causing grease spray, I would say CV joints or you have a faint leak. Now that I think about it, I was getting some fluid spray on the front wheel. Becha it was a little break fluid that was leaking out the front line. Interesting to see how that thing failed. I was quite lucky.
mk
you should replace the obvious things that can be dangerous or cause other things to break. (like those brake lines that cost me part of a race) but most all of the other millions of things, just have to be replaced as they wear out. wheel bearings will make noises, ball joints will start to click, and other that, wiring will and can go bad. thats why I removed most of it, but generally all the major wires were in good shape, but somethings were not. still wondering if i have a bad knock sensor for the one I didnt replace as it was not in stock when we put the engine back in the car.
as far as the wheel bearing or CV joint causing grease spray, I would say CV joints or you have a faint leak. Now that I think about it, I was getting some fluid spray on the front wheel. Becha it was a little break fluid that was leaking out the front line. Interesting to see how that thing failed. I was quite lucky.
mk
