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Car Forum / Subaru Cars / February 20082001 Impreza Transmission Problem
Hi gurus, so my Impreza drives just fine, no problems, until I've driven for maybe 30-45 minutes and everything is good and warm -- then I get a really nasty klunking sound when I'm parking my car (i.e. turning the wheel sharply) - its also noticeable when I'm backing up but only when everythign is good and warm -- any ideas on what might be wrong? Cheers, Paolo Check your CV joints. Search the group here for plenty of information. ~Brian > Hi gurus, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Paolo > Check your CV joints. Search the group here for plenty of information. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> >>Paolo Hi, Think CV joint is gone South. >> Check your CV joints. Search the group here for plenty of information. >> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Hi, > Think CV joint is gone South. I agree; likely CV. However, if it happens when you are parking (ie. backing up with the wheels cut) check that the tires are not mismatched as well. That will cause a lock-up on the centre diff and give you those symptoms as well. On Feb 16, 5:00 pm, paul.del...@earthlink.net wrote: > Hi gurus, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > wheel sharply) - its also noticeable when I'm backing up but only when > everythign is good and warm -- any ideas on what might be wrong? Sounds like my problem a while back. My center diff was the culprit. Not cheap. I've not yet had a CV joint go, so I can't compare, but on a previous car CV joints didn't need to be warmed up to make noise, they simply made noise when I turned. With the bad center diff, the fluid needs to warm up before starting to bind. I can't imagine this being good on the transmission, but at least it's not a transmission! I had about 150k kms on mine. > On Feb 16, 5:00 pm, paul.del...@earthlink.net wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > I had about 150k kms on mine. I should have mentioned that I've had the CV joints checked and they're fine.. from the group's replies it sounds like it might be the center differential -- any idea what that'll run and what kind of shop I should take it to? general mechanic, a Subaru dealer or a transmission shop? TIA On Feb 18, 12:01 am, paul.del...@earthlink.net wrote: > I should have mentioned that I've had the CV joints checked and > they're fine.. from the group's replies it sounds like it might be > the center differential -- any idea what that'll run and what kind of > shop I should take it to? general mechanic, a Subaru dealer or a > transmission shop? TIA It cost me $1600 cdn at the dealership. Dunno if a transmission shop would have been better. This would probably be a subaru-specific part, and locally subaru marks up parts they sell to other shops, so you pay less for parts at the dealership, which helps compensate the high labour rate. |
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