Help! Mustard looking leak... what is this?

settle down guys... took me a couple weeks to get in in the shop and repaired...

Both CV boots were blown, replaced with a new axle, all is good. Thanks for the help!
 
Jeremy556 said:
I wouldn't call that good. Unless it was an OEM Toyota axle, it is a piece of crap.
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Yes, also, . what was the cause. CV boots should not split like that on a 2014, especially both at the same time. It makes no sense at all.

Sometimes too much lift can make them rub together and it will just keep happening...., but it requires well over 3" for this to happen.

Also. the color of what came out makes no sense to me. Maybe it looks like that cold... but it's black when you take them apart... Maybe it had aftermarket CVs from the start?
 
wfo9 said:
Yes, also, . what was the cause. CV boots should not split like that on a 2014, especially both at the same time. It makes no sense at all.

Sometimes too much lift can make them rub together and it will just keep happening...., but it requires well over 3" for this to happen.

Also. the color of what came out makes no sense to me. Maybe it looks like that cold... but it's black when you take them apart... Maybe it had aftermarket CVs from the start?
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I think Toyota's OEM CV grease is that yellow color, but generally it turns grey/black pretty quick.

I'm grasping here, but maybe they yanked the joints apart, tore the inner boots, rebooted them with new grease, and didn't clamp them properly. Not sure how you would manage to do that to both sides

ETA: Just found a Toyota OEM boot kit on this very site
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http://www.toyota-4runner.org/4th-gen-t4rs/113758-toyota-cv-grease.html
 
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Jeremy556 said:
I think Toyota's OEM CV grease is that yellow color, but generally it turns grey/black pretty quick.

I'm grasping here, but maybe they yanked the joints apart, tore the inner boots, rebooted them with new grease, and didn't clamp them properly. Not sure how you would manage to do that to both sides
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After reading some of the mods and methods these guys do nothing surprises me anymore.
I damn sure know I would never buy a modded used 4runner from most guys here. Scary.
 
Jeremy556 said:
I think Toyota's OEM CV grease is that yellow color, but generally it turns grey/black pretty quick.

I'm grasping here, but maybe they yanked the joints apart, tore the inner boots, rebooted them with new grease, and didn't clamp them properly. Not sure how you would manage to do that to both sides

ETA: Just found a Toyota OEM boot kit on this very site
IMAG0440.jpg~original

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/4th-gen-t4rs/113758-toyota-cv-grease.html
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Interesting it looks like Toyota calls for the typical molly black grease on the outboard CV/birfield.. and the yellow grease on the inboard tulip I did not realize they specified two different types of grease. Very strange, but good to know and it sort of makes a little more sense after seeing that.

Still don't understand how both inner boots ripped or failed here. It would take some real effort to do that simultaneously... Nothing holds the inboard tulip in place... If you pull hard enough you can rip the boot, but how could someone do that during lift install.
 
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