Hi All, I'm a new member who recently bought our first Subaru for my son. It's a 97 Legacy Outback automatic trans.
Yesterday the car suddenly developed a loud banging and vibration. The banging happened whether we pushed the car or started the engine, and I put it on my hoist (single post) and had him start the car and put it in drive while I watched underneath. Loud banging and shaking of engine/driveline during banging noise, and the front tires also shook while the noise was happening. It seemed to bind up after a minute or so, as he pressed that gas harder and the front wheels didn't turn. I thought it might be the front differential, but doing more research here and elsewhere, it may be the center diff (since the tires aren't all the same size... guess I need to fix that!).
Do center differentials fail so suddenly? Apparently there have been no noises or strange behaviors until it suddenly failed.
Thanks,
Randy
Yesterday the car suddenly developed a loud banging and vibration. The banging happened whether we pushed the car or started the engine, and I put it on my hoist (single post) and had him start the car and put it in drive while I watched underneath. Loud banging and shaking of engine/driveline during banging noise, and the front tires also shook while the noise was happening. It seemed to bind up after a minute or so, as he pressed that gas harder and the front wheels didn't turn. I thought it might be the front differential, but doing more research here and elsewhere, it may be the center diff (since the tires aren't all the same size... guess I need to fix that!).
Do center differentials fail so suddenly? Apparently there have been no noises or strange behaviors until it suddenly failed.
Thanks,
Randy