So I went for a drive Sunday to get the Christmas tree from the mountain. All is snowy and fun and BAM!! A frickin rock smacks the bottom of Beast mode. I think nothing of it, until driving home, the steering is pulling to the right. OK, alignment issues are what I need to fix. I can do that pretty well. I'll handle it.
Well I drive to work this morning and get a message from Dear Wife. She sends me a picture of what appears to be gear oil on the floor in the garage.
I go out and look under the car and see this horrific site:
Oh the HUMANITY!!!!!
So I think I've punctured beast modes differential.
But under closer inspection, I don't see much actually leaking from this area. I see it running down the seam in the back of the (front) differential:
I can get a 0.05 feeler gauge about 1/2 inch on one side (the side of the leak):
So.
How Screwed am I? For the record, I don't see much in the way of steering damage or bent stuff.
Is my Axle bent?
Should I just try to tighten down the nuts on that side of the diff? It seems to be pretty flat, no visible warping.
Still can't explain the steering being thrown off (it was quite centered before, now my 12 o'clock is closer to 1:30, wanting to go to 2)
Please help!
Well I drive to work this morning and get a message from Dear Wife. She sends me a picture of what appears to be gear oil on the floor in the garage.
I go out and look under the car and see this horrific site:
Oh the HUMANITY!!!!!
So I think I've punctured beast modes differential.
But under closer inspection, I don't see much actually leaking from this area. I see it running down the seam in the back of the (front) differential:
I can get a 0.05 feeler gauge about 1/2 inch on one side (the side of the leak):
So.
How Screwed am I? For the record, I don't see much in the way of steering damage or bent stuff.
Is my Axle bent?
Should I just try to tighten down the nuts on that side of the diff? It seems to be pretty flat, no visible warping.
Still can't explain the steering being thrown off (it was quite centered before, now my 12 o'clock is closer to 1:30, wanting to go to 2)
Please help!