Hello, I recently took both my rear brake drums off to inspect the parts. I noticed that the brake parts under one of the drums were filled with grease. My question is where did the grease come from? axle? Did i bust a bearing or seal of some sort? What parts do i need to replace? thanks!
Grease inside 78 CJ7 brake drum
Jul 22, 2006
2 Replies
Is it grease or is it dirty oil?
If it is gear oil full of dirt, then I would suspect the seals, if it is actually grease, then I would be worried about a bearing that had overheated melting out all it's grease. If it was the bearing, you should see some play in the axle with the weight off I would think.
When mine leaked gear oil, it would actually run down the inside of the tire. If you park on a slope and oil pours out, you have found a bad seal.
Mike
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