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stuff leaking onto driver side rim?????

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Old 06-14-2003, 09:39 AM
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sorry, i dont know what happened to my post!! there are some oily looking spots on the inside of driver side rim. i dont know what color fluid it was but it is black now because of all the brake dust.
what could this be from????
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Old 06-14-2003, 02:45 PM
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broken axle boot, get it fixed. It is oil leaking out of it. I have white 18 inch Katana T5 rims on my max. I noticed that my driver side front rim was all covered w/ oil. I got it fixed and oil stopped spurtin out, but it was very hard takin off oil residue all over my white rims. But thats what im guessing your problem is, if thats not the problem, no clue at all.
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Old 06-14-2003, 03:15 PM
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Originally posted by Tical6
sorry, i dont know what happened to my post!! there are some oily looking spots on the inside of driver side rim. i dont know what color fluid it was but it is black now because of all the brake dust.
what could this be from????
HURRY.... If you get the boot replaced in time, you may save yourself from having to replace the CV joint. That gets expensive!!!

Have the mechanic inspect the other boot to make sure you don't have another one go on you.
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Old 06-15-2003, 08:27 AM
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thanx for your answers!! i told my husband what y'all think it might be and it convinced him to take it to the dealer tomorrow for me.
just out of curiousity, any idea what could have caused this to break?
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Old 06-15-2003, 09:26 AM
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thanx for your answers!! i told my husband what y'all think it might be and it convinced him to take it to the dealer tomorrow for me.
just out of curiousity, any idea what could have caused this to break?
Happens all the time to front wheel drive cars. Rubber boot gets rotted over time, and eventually cracks open. The question is how long will the boot last. My old VW GTI lost the boot after only 2 1/2 years. My Mitsu Eclipse lost it after 9 years. Who knows how long my Maxima boot will last???
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Old 06-15-2003, 10:10 AM
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Happens all the time to front wheel drive cars. Rubber boot gets rotted over time, and eventually cracks open. The question is how long will the boot last. My old VW GTI lost the boot after only 2 1/2 years. My Mitsu Eclipse lost it after 9 years. Who knows how long my Maxima boot will last???
OMG!!! My car is an '03-bought in april and it barely has 2400 miles on it!!!
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That's probably not a good sign then...

2.4K miles
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