Grease Keeps Appearing on Front Wheel

develand · Jan 20, 2017

So my truck has about 6500 miles on it now, bought it new back in September. Almost since the truck has been new I have noticed a slight amount of grease on my front passenger wheel every time I wash the truck.

I am not really feeling any weird noises, or feeling anything. When I got new tires and the took the whole wheel off, the whole inside of the wheel had been splattered with grease. No big chunks, but seemed like spin off or something.

I have not dug around too much yet, but does anyone have any thoughts on what it could be or places I should check?

BBRAM2500 · Jan 20, 2017

What color if its silver in color a cv boot might have got a nick in it

JasonK94Z · Jan 20, 2017

I had a front passenger side shock start leaking. It flung that greasy oil everywhere.

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Tyler Cooke · Jan 21, 2017

Leaky shock or a blown seal somewhere, if u got warranty then let the dealership handle it

develand · Jan 21, 2017

BBRAM2500 said:
What color if its silver in color a cv boot might have got a nick in it

It is a black type grease.

JasonK94Z · Jan 21, 2017

develand said:
It is a black type grease.

Shock! I guarantee it.

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develand · Jan 21, 2017

So you are saying now is the time for blisteins lol. I will probably try to warranty it.

joeygster · Jan 21, 2017

Had that happen on my 14 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland. The new model Grand Cherokees were notorious for it.

It's a failure of the front shaft seals and or CV joint boots. What you see on the front of your wheel is nothing to what you'll have on the inner portion.

It'll be covered under warranty.

powderbrad · Jan 21, 2017

Spray the other side with wd40 a few days beforehand and day is leaking too.
2 new fronts!

develand · Jan 24, 2017

Took it in today and they said they didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. I also got a tire rotation so their is a fresh wheel on that side. So I told them should I see more grease (which I am sureness I will). I will be coming back.

She tried to say maybe it was tire shine......... I told her I wash my own truck and don't use the gel or anything like that. I may pull the wheel myself when it gets nicer.

VB712 · Jan 25, 2017

The band that holds the cv boot on may not be tight enough. I've had that issue before. Cv grease everywhere and no ripped boot.

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