Mine did this to.... The grease is coming from the transmission out of the splines like you guessed. You are missing a rubber seal over the splines areas that keeps grease out of the CV joint. Eric Zeno emz@nauticom.net 86 Syncro 86 GL 72 240Z 1936 Chrysler On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Peter Jensen wrote: > > This is a bizarre one! > Upon pulling my CV joints to remove my tranny for a rebuild :-( 90 weight > oil came pouring out of the inner joint on both sides. I know that all of > the joints should have grease in them. The only way oil could have gotten > into them is if it leaked down the spline of the tranny shaft into the > bearing, or if someone filled them with 90 weight a long time ago??? > > Has anyone EVER SEEN this? How can I prevent this from happening if it > truly is a leak? > > Peter >
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