inmyshadow
06-20-2006, 05:05 PM
Man, am I getting my butt kicked by this oil leak.
last year, shortly after installing my A568 into my convertible the driver's side axle seal started leaking.
So, I replaced the seal. That only held back the oil for a week. I shortly tried another seal, but still no luck.
A month ago, i give it another try. This time I used a different axle and Mopar seal. This axle used was from my previous shadow. It had be used with my A568 with no problems. The original axle had a groove worn into the sealing surface. Friend suggested trying a different axle because of said groove.
That worked for a few weeks. Then while on my back doing a timing belt, I saw the drip of oil hanging down from the bottom of the tranny.
Today, I decided to try realigning my motor and then some. Seems the passenger side motor mount didn't have slotted mounting holes. So I put in a fairly new one from the previous shadow. Those holes were slotted. So I used my prybar, pushed the motor over to driver's side and quickly hit the two bolts with the impact gun.
Then I went underneath to make sure there was no tension on the front mount. I loosened the fasteners, moving the bracket all the way to the driver's side then tighten with impact gun.
Since the solid front motor mount is too soft in my mind, I decided to adjust the preload on my rear semi-solid mount.
Now my motor doesn't bounce around as much, but that damn axle seal is still leaking.
I've pretty much done what I can do get this to stop leaking. I was thinking, perhaps my inner joint was broken again. But the last time it happened, I got a huge vibration in the drivetrain. Plus, the leak was happening with two seperate half shafts.
Anybody have some ideas to throw out?
last year, shortly after installing my A568 into my convertible the driver's side axle seal started leaking.
So, I replaced the seal. That only held back the oil for a week. I shortly tried another seal, but still no luck.
A month ago, i give it another try. This time I used a different axle and Mopar seal. This axle used was from my previous shadow. It had be used with my A568 with no problems. The original axle had a groove worn into the sealing surface. Friend suggested trying a different axle because of said groove.
That worked for a few weeks. Then while on my back doing a timing belt, I saw the drip of oil hanging down from the bottom of the tranny.
Today, I decided to try realigning my motor and then some. Seems the passenger side motor mount didn't have slotted mounting holes. So I put in a fairly new one from the previous shadow. Those holes were slotted. So I used my prybar, pushed the motor over to driver's side and quickly hit the two bolts with the impact gun.
Then I went underneath to make sure there was no tension on the front mount. I loosened the fasteners, moving the bracket all the way to the driver's side then tighten with impact gun.
Since the solid front motor mount is too soft in my mind, I decided to adjust the preload on my rear semi-solid mount.
Now my motor doesn't bounce around as much, but that damn axle seal is still leaking.
I've pretty much done what I can do get this to stop leaking. I was thinking, perhaps my inner joint was broken again. But the last time it happened, I got a huge vibration in the drivetrain. Plus, the leak was happening with two seperate half shafts.
Anybody have some ideas to throw out?