Driveshaft lubricant centrifuged out into the engine bay

[lvjost]

noticed a bit of the lubricant, which is used to grease the driveshafts,on the engine block, the exhaust AND the signal sender for the speedometer (mounted at the gearbox on drivers side driveshaft)...bolts are tightened, no visible gap between driveshaft and gearbox....anyone experienced the same problem ? Any solutions ?

[tuxman]

i had a problem with one of mine turned out to be a split in the rubber boot . simon

[lvjost]

will look for splits thanks...What did you do ? Changed the rubber ? sealed it ? How ?

[steve_d]

lvjost said:

will look for splits thanks...What did you do ? Changed the rubber ? sealed it ? How ?

Has to be changed. If it has split due to the continual flexing then a glue joint has no hope of lasting.

Steve

[lvjost]

that sounds quite feasible steve. Will look for it....Thanks

[tuxman]

mine had split round were the clip holds the gatter in place looked like it had been pulled too tight so i took off both drive shafts and changed them all ,did not want the mess to clear up again !!!!! simon

[lvjost]

hey simon. Telling me you replaced it...Did you get the rubbers seperately ? Or did you have to buy complete new driveshafts ? If yes, wheere did you get the rubbers only from... ?

[tuxman]

Hi lvjost, all i did was take off both driveshafts and take them down to my local motor mechanic and he had some standard rubber boots that fitted straight on ,just undid the circlip slipped off the old boot re-fitted cv joint bit of grease job done think it cost about £30 for bits very easy job honest !!!! simon

[lvjost]

Thanks simon...

[cortina1]

I had exactly the same problem and replaced the gators as has been mentioned above, just ordered replacement ones from the factory. Mark