David- Thank you for making that effort! I did a front wheel bearing about 6 months ago... and it passes the other wheel bearing tests (wheel wiggle and sound based on load when cornering). But, this model is known for eating wheel bearings like nacho chips. I'll try the jack stand test this weekend and see if I can isolate the noise. Thanks again! -Chuck
David Brown wrote: > Chuck, et al > > I printed this thread and took it next door to my pals who specialize > in Subis, Toyotas and Hondas. They tell me to suggest the following: > > 1. Check your wheel bearings > > 2. If you can get all 4 wheels off the ground on stands so you can run > it and listen, you should be able to isolate the noise and know better > what you're working with. > > 3. Be careful, and don't do it if you're not sure you know what you're > doing. > > 4. They didn't have any experience with watered diffs, so they didn't > know if it would survive with the new fluids or not. > > Good luck, > > El Brown-O- > On Wednesday, September 10, 2008, at 09:04 PM, Chuck wrote: > >> Long story short, my wife drove her Subi Outback through the massive >> midwest floods a few months ago. Apparently the water was deeper than I >> thought..... >> >> The car developed a low pitch rumble from the back end recently (2 mos >> and about 5k miles since the flood). It suddenly hit me that it >> probably has water in the rear diff. Ugh. I drained the diff tonight >> and it was a beautiful milky white color. The fluid wasn't over-full, >> but it was certainly contaminated with plenty of water. >> I flushed/filled it twice to get the contamination out, and the rumble >> is much quieter at this point. >> >> So... any idea how tough it is to do bearings and seals in a Subi >> differential? >> Does anyone know the failure mode for diff bearings? I don't think I'll >> have time to get to this repair for a while. >> Also, assuming the water was above the diff but below the air intake, >> what else should I check for water contamination? >> >> thanks! >> >> -Chuck >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Miatapower mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower >> > > _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
