Hi folks,

I have noticed a differential fluid leak from the end of my front axle, aka inner axle seal failure.

My truck has just over 190,000 miles on it and considerable wear on the front end. So I figured I would inspect and possibly replace ball joints, axle bearings, wheel bearings, steering/center links, etc. and grease everything while replacing axle seals.

Has anyone done this work on a '11-'16 4x4? I've been searching around and only see threads from older model trucks. I assume it mostly carries over to our models.

Anyone dive into front end rebuilds yet?

-EAW

 

last time i crawled under my pickup.. was surprised that I couldnt find a single grease point on it.. Maybe i missed it if it was there.. but I couldnt find one.

 

I have a similar truck a 2011 crew 4x4 6.2l with comparable miles, I just had it aligned and they said it was tight, mostly freeway miles I'm told (2nd owner, just got it) no leaks either but it looks like my front axle shafts by the knuckles have quite a bit of play, and I do believe that when I'm on a bumpy road 25mph window down I can here this slop echoing from the auto hubs, kind of a tin can sound. I was wondering if you are hearing this same noise. Please keep us posted on your tear down and inspection as I am interested. Thank you.