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Car Forum / Subaru Cars / April 2007

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Half Shaft Noise

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BlueJay - 29 Apr 2007 18:10 GMT
Have a '93 Impreza LS Front wheel drive only, 104K miles.

When it's cold and I make a power on right turn
there's a clunk clunk clunk noise.  It goes away if I
back off the throttle and is gone or much
quieter once the car's driven a few miles.
Doesn't do it on power off turns or left
turns (powered or not).

Is this a half shaft going bad?
Is it the left one?
How many $$$'s will it cost to fix?

Thanks for any help/advise
strchild - 30 Apr 2007 03:26 GMT
Sounds like a half-shaft alright, but I suppose there are bearings down
there too.  Have you gotten under the car to inspect the axle boots yet?
More than likely, if a joint is failing, you will see a defect in a
half-shaft boot.  Possibly notice grease from the boot has been flung about
as well.  Half shaft will, or at least should have a boot on each end.  If
it's already started clunking, I'm not sure I would trust regreasing and
putting a new boot back onto the shaft.  At NAPA I usually pay somewhere in
the order of $130 for a reman half-shaft, then get somewhere in the
neighborhood of a $60 core charge back when I give them my old one.  New
one, not a reman I bought for my impreza came in around $80, so I didn't
bother with reman.

Also, there are shops that do nothing but rebuild/remanufacture half-shafts.
If you have a hard to find parts for car such as an XT-6, it may be more
efficient to take your shaft to a rebuilder shop and have them bring it back
to spec, right on the spot.

Do the work yourself, and you're obviously just out your time and cost of
the shaft.  I would think a garage could whip it out in an hour or so, if
they aren't too pokey, but maybe I'm low balling it a bit?  When I need to,
I usually seek out independants that let me bring my own parts for them to
install.  I know I take plenty longer than an hour when I change out a
half-shaft, but not having a lift or anything else to get me off of my back,
I take my time.

~Brian

> Have a '93 Impreza LS Front wheel drive only, 104K miles.
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> Thanks for any help/advise
 
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