My Titan has a blown rear axle seal

AgTitan06 · 03-09-2007, 05:14 PM

Went in to the dealer at 9am to get my engine oil changed this morning and asked them to check everything out since I was going to NM (1000 miles one-way), and they changed my oil and said everything was fine..About an hour before I was going to leave to NM, I went to look under my truck to do a quick visual inspection. I found THIS!!!!

ARGH!!!!!

Anyways, had to take it to a different dealer since the other one was farther away and traffic would have been a biatch...I think if I drove the 2000 mile trip, I'm sure my diff would have leaked completely and blew...The manager of the new dealership was very helpful, and got me a rental for me for my trip! They prepaid $250, so it should cover my entire rental car bill. I'm in a Pontiac G6 for the next week now! They tried to get me in a F150, but I told them NO WAY!!

Alright, I'm off to New Mexico now to go skiing..See ya later!

StuntDriver06 · 03-09-2007, 05:17 PM

at first glance i was like New mexico... Skiing, then i realized i had forgotten about all those little hills over there...

Shane06fl · 03-09-2007, 05:18 PM

I took my newest truck in to for the air bag light flashing this past Wednesday, quickest I have ever been in and out of the dealer. They only had the truck 30 minutes. When I was signing off on the work I just happen to get a good look under the truck and see my left axle seal was leaking. They gave me a 2005 Altima and said it would be done by 5pm.

AgTitan06 · 03-09-2007, 05:25 PM

Moral of the story:

Everyone go check your rear axle seals by the wheels!

StuntDriver06 · 03-09-2007, 05:35 PM

lol... everytime i get under mine i look..... hope i never have to experience it...

Treebasher · 03-09-2007, 05:45 PM

Mine started at ~42,000 miles, covered under the powertrain warranty. There was a stress crack in the seal assembly.

cup · 03-09-2007, 07:23 PM

hhmmm.. stress crack? is it a crack in the seal? (bad batch) or a crack in what the seal is trying to seal?? may be bearing wear creating axle mvmt/runout..

just curious.

Treebasher · 03-11-2007, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by cup

hhmmm.. stress crack? is it a crack in the seal? (bad batch) or a crack in what the seal is trying to seal?? may be bearing wear creating axle mvmt/runout..

just curious.

I wish I could have seen what they were talking about. The evidence was long gone by the time I picked up the truck. My leak started right at the end of the hunting season. I do a lot of low maintenance dirt road and field driving but who knows maybe it was just a bad part...

**HudsonValleyTitan** · 03-11-2007, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by AgTitan06

Went in to the dealer at 9am to get my engine oil changed this morning and asked them to check everything out since I was going to NM (1000 miles one-way), and they changed my oil and said everything was fine..About an hour before I was going to leave to NM, I went to look under my truck to do a quick visual inspection. I found THIS!!!!

ARGH!!!!!

Anyways, had to take it to a different dealer since the other one was farther away and traffic would have been a biatch...I think if I drove the 2000 mile trip, I'm sure my diff would have leaked completely and blew...The manager of the new dealership was very helpful, and got me a rental for me for my trip! They prepaid $250, so it should cover my entire rental car bill. I'm in a Pontiac G6 for the next week now! They tried to get me in a F150, but I told them NO WAY!!

Alright, I'm off to New Mexico now to go skiing..See ya later!

Now will they fix the seal or replace the entire rear end???

AgTitan06 · 03-12-2007, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by HudsonValleyTitan

Now will they fix the seal or replace the entire rear end???

They are just replacing the seals and a few other small parts...The diff fluid is still pretty high so no damage likely done to the diff.

**P's Titan** · 03-12-2007, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by HudsonValleyTitan

Now will they fix the seal or replace the entire rear end???

mine was less than that and they replaced the whole rear end

**nytitan1** · 03-12-2007, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by P's Titan

mine was less than that and they replaced the whole rear end

same here they told me it was standard procedure just to replace whole axle lol

CLG · 03-12-2007, 05:51 PM

No they are just replacing the seals now I had mine replaced at 10k havnt had a prob since. Tech was pissed too because the bearing is pressed to the axle and they didnt have the right tool to get it off so he had to improvise I think nissan paid something like 11/2 hours for the job and he logged almost 8hrs dohh.

Shane06fl · 03-12-2007, 08:00 PM

Most dealerships are not equipt to replace axle seals and such so they either ship the axle out to have repaired at a local shop or the replace the axle. Mine was shipped off to a local place and done the same day.

Treebasher · 03-13-2007, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Shane06fl

Most dealerships are not equipt to replace axle seals and such so they either ship the axle out to have repaired at a local shop or the replace the axle. Mine was shipped off to a local place and done the same day.

Same here.