geefish
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Hi Everyone.
Advice and peoples knowledge gladly accepted.
I have a 1993 L series Dual Range with about 280000kms on it. I got it 10 years ago in Melbourne from a subaru dealer who traded it from the original owner, who used it for delievering and servicing computers in Melbourne CBD. It had about 87000km on it and came with full service history when I bought it. Since then I have serviced it spot on every time, including major services such as timing belt.
Last year, unusual tyre wear led me to buy new tyres and find that a ball joint and tie rods had worn causing the bad tyre wear. These were replaced and the exact same parts also replaced on the opposite side. Almost immediately, an occasional nasty vibration would occur for short periods of time (5 minutes) which would make the steering wheel move up to two centermeters back and forth at any speed above about 20km/h. It would then dissapear and not return for weeks. I reported it to my mechanic who could find nothing wrong but suggested the CV's might be worn. Although at this stage there was no tell tale clicking in the CV's under hard turning etc. A short time latter the clicking did appear - 1000kms maybe? So the CV's and boots were both changed and the old ones inspected. Some wear was found on the inside CV's that connect to the transaxel. However, after the change the mechanic took the car for a drive before completing his work, and the clicking noise was still there, only almost consistently and a lot louder. He suggested that his experience tells him that when the ball joint and tie rods went it made the CV joint a "little" free to move slightly and this has damaged the transaxle or associated gearing.
Does this sound right to everyone?
Has anybody had any experience of this?
Can the transaxle be rebuilt or repaired without doing a whole gearbox rebuild?
I am not suggesting the mechanic is wrong just looking for advice as I haven't come across this before and cant find anyone who has.
Incidently, my mechanic has serviced/repaired my car for the whole time I have had it and I have never had any problems with him. He regularly works on Subaru's. He also prefers not to work on gearboxes as he is an owner operator and has limited special tooling for gearboxes.
Thanks in advance
Geefish
Advice and peoples knowledge gladly accepted.
I have a 1993 L series Dual Range with about 280000kms on it. I got it 10 years ago in Melbourne from a subaru dealer who traded it from the original owner, who used it for delievering and servicing computers in Melbourne CBD. It had about 87000km on it and came with full service history when I bought it. Since then I have serviced it spot on every time, including major services such as timing belt.
Last year, unusual tyre wear led me to buy new tyres and find that a ball joint and tie rods had worn causing the bad tyre wear. These were replaced and the exact same parts also replaced on the opposite side. Almost immediately, an occasional nasty vibration would occur for short periods of time (5 minutes) which would make the steering wheel move up to two centermeters back and forth at any speed above about 20km/h. It would then dissapear and not return for weeks. I reported it to my mechanic who could find nothing wrong but suggested the CV's might be worn. Although at this stage there was no tell tale clicking in the CV's under hard turning etc. A short time latter the clicking did appear - 1000kms maybe? So the CV's and boots were both changed and the old ones inspected. Some wear was found on the inside CV's that connect to the transaxel. However, after the change the mechanic took the car for a drive before completing his work, and the clicking noise was still there, only almost consistently and a lot louder. He suggested that his experience tells him that when the ball joint and tie rods went it made the CV joint a "little" free to move slightly and this has damaged the transaxle or associated gearing.
Does this sound right to everyone?
Has anybody had any experience of this?
Can the transaxle be rebuilt or repaired without doing a whole gearbox rebuild?
I am not suggesting the mechanic is wrong just looking for advice as I haven't come across this before and cant find anyone who has.
Incidently, my mechanic has serviced/repaired my car for the whole time I have had it and I have never had any problems with him. He regularly works on Subaru's. He also prefers not to work on gearboxes as he is an owner operator and has limited special tooling for gearboxes.
Thanks in advance
Geefish