Help: Are my suspension parts leaking or did I run over something?

[PBCRM98]

I went under my car to check my rotor size and noticed there was a bunch of gunk all over the passenger side of my suspension parts. I felt the boots and nothing seems to be torn, did I just run over something?

I installed my own lift in January. I’ve been driving around and don’t feel any issues when I’m driving. Thoughts anybody?

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[MrSeth]

how old are your CVs? It almost looks like the grease became too hot and liquefied escaping from the inner CV boot. Mine did something similar after 215k miles.

 

[PBCRM98]

To my knowledge I don’t think they were ever replaced. My car is sitting at around 160K right now.


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[Drift Monkey]

Replace your CV axles.

 

[Inv4drZm]

Just CV grease doing what CV grease does.

 

[Heffernan]

CV boot is cooked

 

[pDubs]

Neither. As others have said, time for CV replacements.

 

[PBCRM98]

Damn, I was hoping for some good news but I guess it’s time to change those suckers out. Thanks guys for your help.


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[mar5168]

I went under my car to check my rotor size and noticed there was a bunch of gunk all over the passenger side of my suspension parts. I felt the boots and nothing seems to be torn, did I just run over something?

I installed my own lift in January. I’ve been driving around and don’t feel any issues when I’m driving. Thoughts anybody?

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That's grease from your CV joint. Judging by the looks of it, the boot doesn't look compromised. Since you lifted recently, the CV angle is increased, as such it's common for some grease to get pushed out.

You could try a new clamp on the small end of the CV boot, but honestly, I ran mine looking similar for over 4 years and 60k miles without any issues whatsoever.

 

[PBCRM98]

That's grease from your CV joint. Judging by the looks of it, the boot doesn't look compromised. Since you lifted recently, the CV angle is increased, as such it's common for some grease to get pushed out.

You could try a new clamp on the small end of the CV boot, but honestly, I ran mine looking similar for over 4 years and 60k miles without any issues whatsoever.

Yeah I’m going to go down there and take a closer look at it. I don’t hear any noises or feel any rattling but my car does pull to the right a little which is this side of the car. Hopefully it’s just the clamp that is loose.