mountain lion
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A local guru put in a new clutch in about 3k miles ago on my 04 PD and I recently noticed an oily film all over the bottom of the panzer plate. I pulled it down to have a look...wasn't too bad of a mess, but there was oily residue and a drop of oil about to fall off the passenger side drive flange. It looks like transmission fluid, although I can't really smell it too strongly. It is clean/clearish.
The oil has been flung around a good bit, I assume by the drive flange - there's blank/burnt stuff all over the bottom of the downpipe (just above the drive flange). and then light coating all over the sway bar and dogbone which is behind it. My guess is the oil seal for this drive flange is shot and leaking. I can't remember if he pulled off the entire flange during the clutch job or just the cv joint connection..we both worked it, but were moving quickly. I'm not sure why it would be removed unless it had to be.
I checked the trans fluid level and some came out when removing the fill plug, so it hasn't lost much. The driver side of the trans looks bone dry, no leakage from the tandem pump or clutch master or slave cylinder.
Does this sound like it's the flange seal or could it be output flange / inner CV Joint gasket. Looks like a seal puller might be needed if the former and a lift would probably be ideal. The cv joint gasket may be an easier job? Would prefer not to drive 2 hours back up there, but if it's a tough job it'll be worth it.
Red arrows are where I saw a lot of oil and the drop about to fall off the flange. It seemed like more oil was around the bigger left facing arrow, but it's been flung everywhere.
The oil has been flung around a good bit, I assume by the drive flange - there's blank/burnt stuff all over the bottom of the downpipe (just above the drive flange). and then light coating all over the sway bar and dogbone which is behind it. My guess is the oil seal for this drive flange is shot and leaking. I can't remember if he pulled off the entire flange during the clutch job or just the cv joint connection..we both worked it, but were moving quickly. I'm not sure why it would be removed unless it had to be.
I checked the trans fluid level and some came out when removing the fill plug, so it hasn't lost much. The driver side of the trans looks bone dry, no leakage from the tandem pump or clutch master or slave cylinder.
Does this sound like it's the flange seal or could it be output flange / inner CV Joint gasket. Looks like a seal puller might be needed if the former and a lift would probably be ideal. The cv joint gasket may be an easier job? Would prefer not to drive 2 hours back up there, but if it's a tough job it'll be worth it.
Red arrows are where I saw a lot of oil and the drop about to fall off the flange. It seemed like more oil was around the bigger left facing arrow, but it's been flung everywhere.
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