Grease on drivers side rear wheel

sunlightsilver · Postby **sunlightsilver** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 10:46 am

Hi Guys,

Just a quick question due to my paranoia..

If there are some splodges of grease on my drivers side rear wheel, should I be looking out for anything? I noticed it today, no other wheels have the same marks on them, just the usual brake dust build up after a week or so of not getting a wash.

Sorry I'm not that good at the mechanical stuff :oops:

Regie · Postby **Regie** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 1:09 pm

Check the rubber boots on each end of the drive shaft. Could be a split boot

hks_kansei · Postby **hks_kansei** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 7:46 pm

Wheel bearing or CV joint.

Bearing you replace the whole thing.

CV you can just repack it and put on a new boot.

sunlightsilver · Postby **sunlightsilver** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 10:25 am

Yeah there's no noises yet, got the day off work today so I'll lift her up and see whats going on, hopefully just requires a new boot

hks_kansei · Postby **hks_kansei** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 9:20 pm

yeah, most likely.

MX5 CVs don't wear anything like those on a FWD car since the MX5 ones only need to move up/down, not up-down and lock-to lock like a FWD