blackout881
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- October 13, 2007
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- City, State
- NY
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '04 Eddie Bauer 4.0
Hello,
Brought my 2004 ex in to the dealer for the first time in over a year to get some maintainence done, spark plugs, etc. Asked them to give a full vehicle condition check as well (bad idea!! lol). I baby my ex. Ive done all required maintainence, Ive put 7k in repairs in to her over the last 40k miles of ownership while paying $350 a month. Bought with 69k miles now she has 110k. She has financially killed me, but i love her for some odd reason. Ive replaced almost everything in this truck. From transmission, to all four wheel bearings (each went one at a time), all axle seals, pinion seals, everything started leaking on her one by one between 75k-100k miles. The transmission went at 88k. My tire pressure sensors stopped working. The ground wire in the drivers door broke in the boot and my windows stopped working. Reverse sensors stopped working.
Well anyways,
The ford dealer said my CV boot was spraying grease. I was looking at a $600 bill so i told them just do the tie rods and ill drive on the axle until i can save some more money or it needs repair. It makes NO noise whatsoever. No growling, nothing. I decided to look in to it myself. The boot itself looks great, no cracks, nothing. But i could see thick grease caked all over my brake lines/suspension components. Its a decent amount of grease. The boot had one dirty spot where it meets the metal clamp that is connected to it. The boot had a small 1/4" split where it meets the metal, and the metal was dented down a bit with scratches on it as if someone had a screwdriver against it and beat on it with a hammer delibretly making it fail. there is nothing that could of done this. So a bit confused I racked my brain and said ok well if I can seal this small seperation up I may be able to drive on it for a while. Decided on Shoe Goo. Best stuff ever! cleaned up the area and applied a couple thin coats of the Goo to the break in the seal. 2 weeks later, its holding strong as ever, rock solid, not leaking anymore and still no noise from the axle. I know this is just a temporary fix until I replace it, but i was just wondering exactly how much grease is in there?? With all that was sprayed out it would seem like I would be hearing something! I am hoping what is in there is enough to get anohter 10k miles or so out of it. Anyones opinions on this and how long you think the axle will last? When should I stop driving on it? Thanks!
Brought my 2004 ex in to the dealer for the first time in over a year to get some maintainence done, spark plugs, etc. Asked them to give a full vehicle condition check as well (bad idea!! lol). I baby my ex. Ive done all required maintainence, Ive put 7k in repairs in to her over the last 40k miles of ownership while paying $350 a month. Bought with 69k miles now she has 110k. She has financially killed me, but i love her for some odd reason. Ive replaced almost everything in this truck. From transmission, to all four wheel bearings (each went one at a time), all axle seals, pinion seals, everything started leaking on her one by one between 75k-100k miles. The transmission went at 88k. My tire pressure sensors stopped working. The ground wire in the drivers door broke in the boot and my windows stopped working. Reverse sensors stopped working.
Well anyways,
The ford dealer said my CV boot was spraying grease. I was looking at a $600 bill so i told them just do the tie rods and ill drive on the axle until i can save some more money or it needs repair. It makes NO noise whatsoever. No growling, nothing. I decided to look in to it myself. The boot itself looks great, no cracks, nothing. But i could see thick grease caked all over my brake lines/suspension components. Its a decent amount of grease. The boot had one dirty spot where it meets the metal clamp that is connected to it. The boot had a small 1/4" split where it meets the metal, and the metal was dented down a bit with scratches on it as if someone had a screwdriver against it and beat on it with a hammer delibretly making it fail. there is nothing that could of done this. So a bit confused I racked my brain and said ok well if I can seal this small seperation up I may be able to drive on it for a while. Decided on Shoe Goo. Best stuff ever! cleaned up the area and applied a couple thin coats of the Goo to the break in the seal. 2 weeks later, its holding strong as ever, rock solid, not leaking anymore and still no noise from the axle. I know this is just a temporary fix until I replace it, but i was just wondering exactly how much grease is in there?? With all that was sprayed out it would seem like I would be hearing something! I am hoping what is in there is enough to get anohter 10k miles or so out of it. Anyones opinions on this and how long you think the axle will last? When should I stop driving on it? Thanks!
