bustednuckles

After I got done slapping some front brake pads on my pickup the other day, I took it for a test spin and then pulled into the driveway and parked it.

I was out getting the mail yesterday and as I was walking back towards the house I see this crap under my truck.

What the fuck now?

Just out of the blue something starts leaking?

So I skinnied under the cocksucker to see if I could figure out what it was and where it was coming from.

Transmission fluid.

WTF?

Get this, coming from the middle of the front driveline yoke behind the U Joint.

WTF?

You can see the rear seal is basically dry and you can also see where it was slinging it onto the catalytic converter.

There was actually a drop hanging off the bottom U Joint cap there, this is after I wiped it off.

This is something I haven’t seen before.

This transmission was literally rebuilt right before I got this truck and I was even given the receipt for it.

Off to the Internet I go.

Could be a couple of things apparently.

Could be an O ring inside the tail shaft housing or it could be a little metal plug in the end of the yoke much like a freeze plug.

Since I am both lazy and a bit of a gambler, I opted for the quick and dirty attempt at a solution here.

This stuff is The Shit.

It beats regular RTV silicone like a red headed step child.

It’s also expensive, $25 for that little Cheeze Whiz can.

So I sprayed an entire can of Brake Clean up in between the yoke and the U Joint, wiped it off as best I could and then shot a VERY liberal amount of this Right Stuff up in there and spread it around with a flat blade screwdriver.

It is curing as I type.

If it fixes it cool.

If it doesn’t, I’m going to take the fucker somewhere and let somebody else headache with the bastard.

I’m not laying on a slanted slab of concrete under the sonofabitch and pulling the driveline, yoke and ass end of the transmission out.

Fuck That.

I’m flat out getting too old for that shit and I already have a To Do list that would choke a horse.