Front Driveshaft Throwing Grease

[Aemonn]

Looking to get some feedback from anyone with experience with this. My front driveshaft is throwing grease. I took the truck on a long roadtrip and before heading home from the farthest point I did a quick inspection. I found grease all over by the front driveshaft.

This may have been happening for a while and I never really looked up there. The boot looks perfectly fine. I cleaned up the grease (took a ton of paper towels) and checked again after a few hundred miles to find a thin spray of grease.

I took it to my dealer for them to take a look and they said that it looks fine and that sometimes these are overfilled from the factory.

I'm happy to accept that considering I have plenty of warranty. Is this something I should press to have addressed? Does it have the potential to harm other components of the truck? See pictures attached. One of them is after I cleaned the grease, but before I drove the additional mileage. I've highlighted some chunks I neglected to clean off.

The second image is of the thin spray after a few hundred miles.

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[MAV]

I think I would want a second opinion from a different Ford dealership. Maybe it was overfilled, maybe it wasn't, but something is loose to allow it to leak and spray like that. I would look at it like this: if grease can get out, contaminants can get in.

 

[mpcraven]

I've seen this before on my Lotus Evora. Not a rare issue, it seems to burp in high temp conditions. Happened at about 25k miles and after repacking and re-banding/clamping it's been fine through 80k+. I'd want to be sure there's still enough grease in there and that a new boot clamp is the right tightness. Other than that it's just messy.

 

[Aemonn]

Thanks! What type of grease goes in here? If it's just a simple re-pack I'll probably do it myself rather than go through the hassle with the dealership.

 

[olefordguy]

I think I would want a second opinion from a different Ford dealership. Maybe it was overfilled, maybe it wasn't, but something is loose to allow it to leak and spray like that. I would look at it like this: if grease can get out, contaminants can get in.

I’ll second this. Something is NOT right. I would suspect boot or clamps. Let ford deal with it, that’s what warranty is for plus don’t give them a reason to say you didn’t do something right and give you warranty hassles

 

[Ford Motor Company]

Looking to get some feedback from anyone with experience with this. My front driveshaft is throwing grease. I took the truck on a long roadtrip and before heading home from the farthest point I did a quick inspection. I found grease all over by the front driveshaft.

This may have been happening for a while and I never really looked up there. The boot looks perfectly fine. I cleaned up the grease (took a ton of paper towels) and checked again after a few hundred miles to find a thin spray of grease.

I took it to my dealer for them to take a look and they said that it looks fine and that sometimes these are overfilled from the factory.

I'm happy to accept that considering I have plenty of warranty. Is this something I should press to have addressed? Does it have the potential to harm other components of the truck? See pictures attached. One of them is after I cleaned the grease, but before I drove the additional mileage. I've highlighted some chunks I neglected to clean off.

The second image is of the thin spray after a few hundred miles.

Good afternoon! If you'd like additional assistance, feel free to send us a private message with your VIN and dealer info and we’ll look into this driveshaft concern. Thanks!

 

[Hootbro]

I got the same issue.


https://www.ranger6g.com/forum/thre...zeppa-joint-leaking-grease.13035/#post-200867

 

[Aemonn]

I sent a PM either way and will look to engage with another dealer. Thank you everyone for all the feedback.

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