What does this mean?? Found some fluid drips *pic*

[AGE|kshaufl]

Please do not drive it till it is fixed. A brake failure in these vehicles is a recipe for disaster.\

Look at the rubber brake line first. If there is any sign of fluid coming from it replace it immediately.

I am guessing the brake line by where the fluid is.

 

[oddshot]

Unless the metal brake line has developed a pinhole that would appear to be, as already suggested, a leaking flexible brake hose. They are pretty inexpensive and if one has gone the others may not be far behind.

You'll be bleeding the brakes anyway so for the time and money that you might spend replacing them one at a time, I'd recommend that you order all of the flex hoses and just get it over with.

Yet another good word of advice.

Let me add ... just in the off chance that this IS a wheel cylinder ...

Do ALL of them at once.

Its false economy to do just one at a time.

oddshot

 

[ODdave]

Could be dogg piss that made its way through the wheel.............Thats a funny looking spring plate isnt it?

 

[hippiedude]

Looks like brake juice to me ......... If you need help toss me a PM ................ Tim

 

[BimmerPower]

Whoa thanks for all the replies. Since the truck developed the brake issue last year, it has not been driven off my property. I assumed it was an airpack issue and planned on swapping the airpack and master cylinder come warm weather (due to my lack of a big enough garage). I have not checked to see if it is brake or gear oil, I just assumed it was brake related. Nice to see another CT member too!

 

[Rustygears]

You get an 'A' for not driving a truck with intermittent brakes. You get another 'A" for visual inspection and asking before driving! Have a look under the truck at the duals as well for more leaks. I usually find that trouble occurs in sets. If you have one bad wheel cylinder, replace them all. You have a truck that's 40+ years old and all those rubber based hydraulic components deteriorate. It's cheap insurance on a single circuit brake system to PM by replacing all the cylinders and hoses. They're also readily available and cheap. So is the master cylinder.

 

[roger-wilco-66]

An easy way to check if this is brake fluid or axle fluid is, of course, the smell test, and removing the inner bolts (towards the pumpkin) of the mud guard. The holes for the bolts are open to the cavity in the axle body. If nothing comes out, poke in the holes with a screwdriver, to remove a piece of gunk or grease that might sit on top of the threaded hole. If there is excess fluid in the body, it will drain out (be prepared!). That's an indicator for a leaking inner axle seal. Been there....

I won't comment on the brake issue... (enough opions on that)

Cheers,
Mark

 

[saddamsnightmare]

February 16th, 2011.

Any chance its the slobber pipe dripping on the axle? My M35A2 "Saddam's Nightmare" was tagged by a commercial truck shop guy in January 2008 as having a leaking wheel cylinder because of that... So far she has been driven about 8,0000 miles with only a slight top up of the master cylinder and the brakes work. However, when parked on a side slope with the right side down hill and idled much, the slobber pipe always drips on theaxle and then the diesl runs down towards that end! Kaiser jeep, masterfully engineered to run and run and run....

However, She's still looking for a home in Texas, anyone!

 

[Flyingvan911]

I'd say just pull the wheel off and see where the leak comes from. It will either trail down from the brake cylinder or from the axle/hub. Either way, the wheel has to come off to fix the problem.

 

[BimmerPower]

Well some warm weather finally came my way and upon driving the deuce around the property for a short time and then inspecting things, I saw this. It is definitely gear oil and appears to be coming from the boot of the axle. What was a drip is now gushing out when I turn the wheel fully to the right. Now I consider myself pretty mechanically inclined, but have never worked on one of these before. Where can I get the parts and information on changing one of these bad boys out?

Thanks for all the help and opinions by the way. You guys are all a plethora of knowledge!

 

[porkysplace]

Information is covered in the TM's a link has already been posted for free downloads , did you download them?
any of the MV parts houses will have the parts ,as will e-pay .

 

[nk14zp]

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce/8460-front-axle-seals-boots-stepxstep.html
Here is a link. You can come up and do mine first if you need the practice.

 

[Heavysteven]

You need to pull the hub off and check, like this...

Oh and thats a 20 ton jack for the record, please no safety violations here