Leaking trailing arms - both sides?!?, Shouldn't have touched the jack stands Options

[draganc]

Hi guys,

I have completely rebuilt my brakes incl all hard and soft lines.

I had the car on jack stands (what else) for the past 6 months and activated the brakes including parking every 1-2 weeks with firm pressure feel and no leaks whatsoever.

Yesterday I took the car of the stands to turn it around and get it in position to install the engine again.

Everything worked out just fine until I saw this spot underneath the rear right wheel:



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Further quick investigation revealed "wet" spots in both trailing arms:



Again, no leaks for the past 6 months until I put the car of the jack stands and pushed/rolled it around for 100ft.

I was pressed for time and only had enough time to take off the rear right wheel to quickly glance at the caliper, which was professionally rebuilt and was dry on the outside.

[rjames]

Yeah, don't taste the brake fluid. As stated previously, smell it. It smells much different from the CV grease.

Can't imagine your CV lube grease separated at all, let alone to the degree that you'd have liquid dripping on the floor, unless they were packed with the wrong stuff.

Check your brake lines and calipers thoroughly for the source of the leak before you go removing the CVs. If you do remove the CVs, you'll need to new schnorr washers when you reinstall them.