Dripping from brake drum?

[Tristan]

Any ideas what this is dripping from my brake drum onto the wheel

[4x4rob]

Tristan, looks like your oil seal on the drive shaft has gone, not a difficult repair at all, but I took mine to drive shaft center to have both sides done, I think it was R550 in total, 3 years ago? do it asap as it wont be long before it affects your braking

could also be brake fluid but drought it

[hilex08]

does it smell like gearbox oil?

then its seal on driveshaft

otherwise, breakfluid !!

[Castos]

I have just had myne done, I had to replace the nuckel as well. R1500 just for the nuckel at Toyota. My leak was a mix of grease and oil.

[4x4rob]

I have just had myne done, I had to replace the nuckel as well. R1500 just for the nuckel at Toyota. My leak was a mix of grease and oil.

nuckle = knuckle is on the front where you have disks, Tristen's on the drum!

[Riceburner]

Thats the first sign of bearing failure!

[Cookie Monster]

Is the leak oily if not it could be brake fluid take the wheel of and check were the leak is comming from :?

[Mr_B]

Looks exactly like mine did, I bet it's the half shaft seal!

[Okkie Van Wyk]

Hi Tristan

Dit lyk ook vir my na diff olie.My 2.7 het selfde probleem opgedoen maar ek moes toe einde den laaste die sideshaft ook vervang omdat dit gebuig was .Die gebuigde side shaft het glo die bearing en die seel laat groet.En as gevolg van die olie moes ek ook die rem skoene vervang omdat dit deurtrek was met olie.Ek het eers gedink ek was die goed met petrol maar dit het nie gehelp nie ,skaars 400Km later moes ek die skoene maar ruil

PS. moet niks meer met petrol was nie dit kos deesdae te veel geld

Hoop jy kom gou reg mater

Okkie

[Tristan]

I dont even like to open a bottle with petrol in its like watching money evaporate :roll:

[Mr_B]

Oops, sorry I took a quick glance at the image yesterday, now I took another look, thought it was the front wheel, now see it's actually the rear wheel therefore it's not the half shaft seal, which is at the front... say no more...

[putsy]

I would say outer axle seal, would get onto it before it washes the greese out of the sealed rear wheel bearings. I just did mine. Also the brake shoes realy hate diff oil and should be replaced if found to be soaked with the oil.
Tom

[Umvubu]

Buy the original Toyota oilseal. I replaced 2 pirate ones in a matter of a month. :!:

[Mr_B]

Make sure you put those seals in the right way around! Learnt my lesson there, on the front gearbox seal... not very nice I say!

[ThysdJ]

Buy the original Toyota oilseal. I replaced 2 pirate ones in a matter of a month. :!:

That is no maybe, priate oil seals do not last... :evil: :evil:

[Tristan]

Well in amongst all my running around the country lately I have been trying to get this problem sorted out.
Bearing and seal kit has been replaced twice and it was still leaking :x :x :x
Today the whole side shaft was replaced and yet another kit put in, if that doesn't work I think Im gona go crazeee!!!

[ToyX4]

Tristan, did you put in a new sideshaft? How much did it set you back?

[Scooter]

Well in amongst all my running around the country lately I have been trying to get this problem sorted out.
Bearing and seal kit has been replaced twice and it was still leaking :x :x :x
Today the whole side shaft was replaced and yet another kit put in, if that doesn't work I think Im gona go crazeee!!!

I have nver stripped the rear axle so Im not sure but does the rear axle not have bushes at the ends, just behind the seal, like the front axle?
If so, this could have been the problem. If it is worn then the drivce shaft moves thus wearing the oil seal into a out of round shape and it will stat leaking. Then no matter what shaft you out in, it will do the same thing.

How are the wear marks on the old shaft, around the seal area?

[Tristan]

Yip Riaan it was a brand new one and it was R 1 500 excl labour (I didn't have to pay labour considering it was back for the third time )

Sheeesh!!! :!: Scott Im really not sure :?
Im in Cape Town at the moment but when I get back home I will upload a pic of my old one then you can see for yourself what it looks like

[Werner]

Hi Tristan,

This is just a shot in the dark.....my Camry I had had a leak from the rear drum and I bought the rubbers/seals kit for the slave cylinders and replaced that.....problem solved.

Wonder if that might not be your problem either or do you definitely know that it is the side shaft??

[Tristan]

Hi Werner

Im pretty certain it is the side shaft because the brakes were opened up to get cleaned by the mechanic when the bearing kit was put in, so Im sure they would of seen if there was a problem.

The old side shaft did have some ware marks were the oil seal sits so I think that was probably the culprit
I haven't actually checked if it is leaking again (Im to afraid that it might be )

[KZTE]

Hi Tristan, look at post "Diff housing bend", I fixed that seal twice but the oil from diff started leaking again, Gert at Menlyn Gearbox & Diff centre showed me my diff housing is bend, so every time it pushes the seal out. He says he gets the problem a lot with Toyota, not the bend housing but when you compress everything together you should check it while doing it to see when at the correct place, not a very good design. They either over- or under press.