Hello folks, first time post here, trying to get some help with my 2000 Subie Legacy Brighton wagon, it is a 2.5, Manual trans. with about 175k.
Overall a wonderful car which has treated me well, however it has developed the dreaded "torque bind" clunking, in tight parking lot turns, when the car is hot after highway driving etc.. When the car is cold it turns totally normally. After some internet research, this has led me to believe that the center differential viscous coupling is bad.
I know for a fact that there is one mismatched rear tire, which I had put on due to an unfixable flat, I was fortunate enough to find a used tire of the same brand, model, and size, The used tire guys thought it should be ok, I did not have the cash for the set of 4, so went with the used one. I did not measure the tires, stupidly.
Today I was looking a bit more and came across this info online which seemed hopeful - http://www.northursalia.com/techdocs/pdf/transmission/bind.pdf
So my main question is, did I destroy the viscous coupling completely or is there a chance that replacing with a fresh set of tires may get rid of the binding?
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Cyrus
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Overall a wonderful car which has treated me well, however it has developed the dreaded "torque bind" clunking, in tight parking lot turns, when the car is hot after highway driving etc.. When the car is cold it turns totally normally. After some internet research, this has led me to believe that the center differential viscous coupling is bad.
I know for a fact that there is one mismatched rear tire, which I had put on due to an unfixable flat, I was fortunate enough to find a used tire of the same brand, model, and size, The used tire guys thought it should be ok, I did not have the cash for the set of 4, so went with the used one. I did not measure the tires, stupidly.
Today I was looking a bit more and came across this info online which seemed hopeful - http://www.northursalia.com/techdocs/pdf/transmission/bind.pdf
So my main question is, did I destroy the viscous coupling completely or is there a chance that replacing with a fresh set of tires may get rid of the binding?
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Cyrus
[email protected]