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Originally Posted by AuSeeker
There's no possible way the parking brake cable can leak fluid....because it's mechanical...not hydraulic, i. e. no fluid involved with it's function, that being said the "disk" brakes can leak fluid.....or the rear axle seal could be leaking gear oil from the differential, you need to determine what kind of fluid it is then you will know where the leak is, brake fluid and gear oil smell totally different, also if there's no fluid seemly on the brake caliper, that would seem to say it's the rear axle seal leaking.
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This sounds like a better method of ruling out the problem than dismantling everything. Thanks! I will smell the break fluid today and compare the smell to the gear oil. Unfortunately I don't have any gear oil left, but I think this will do the trick.
