seattlelegacy

What's wrong with wrapping an old coat hanger around it? OK, Sorry that was bad.

Sweet, I'm going to give it a try tonight, thanks for the help!!

I'm pretty sure the driveline spun when the wheels did. But I'll try it again, and see if I can spin the rear wheels by turning the driveline. Earlier in the post, someone else indicated that the driveline spins whenever the rear wheels spin. Thanks for the ideas!

I did lift the car off the ground, spun the wheels, looked for play, shook the crap out of both axles, wheels, rear driveline, U joint, etc. etc. No dice. Wheels turn freely, and very smooth. I've had a wheel bearing go, and this sounds nothing like it. Hmmmm..... *scratching head*. Jrodan

The heater core hose - should I also replace the one inside the car coming out of the heater core. That might be a b!tch to get to.

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During my inspection of the car tonight, I was grabbing the radiator hoses, and felt something really weird inside the hose. Its in the highlighted area of the attached pic. Is there supposed to be something in the hose here? for a second I though it was plugged up with somethign at this point, but it seemed to uniform, then just stopped close to the engine. Is there somethign in the hose here?

I finally started troubleshooting my backfiring issue. Check this out. Lots of oil in there, what do you think the problem is? Jordan

Alright, here's what mine looks like. Think this is the clunk? The thing is, it doesn't look like its been moving much at that point. What is the bushing called, and can you get them new?? Thanks guys.

The "if we don't hear back from you by 10AM" thingy is complete non-sense. Was the letter written in crayon? Jesus Christ... that's frickin' insane.

where in seattle is it? I'm going to find it. BTW, the front bottom of that photo looks hacked.

Yeah, but Yukons don't kick a$$ like subies do.

http://www.ccrengines.com/mwe/ Marshall from mw enterprises. Seems like an honest guy. I'll paypal him the cashola tonight, we'll see what happens.

I'm in the market for a new front axle for the 84 gl. Any reccomendations? the cheap a1 cardones from rockauto? other sources? Jordan

When does a Subaru stop being a Subaru? When it stops leaking oil.

Looks like the bushing doesn't exist. That may be the issue. Also, The shafts slide back and forth, but don't wiggle around much. Aside from the sliding, they are solid and don't have any play when I try to rotate them. I'm guessing the sliding back and forth is what they're designed to do as the axle needs to lengthen when the wheel drops..(see my simpleton diagram)? Thanks guys. Simple diagram: rear diff. X-boot-------shaft--------boot-X wheel ..........................<---slide--->.......................

you guys f'n rock. Thanks millions.

All above aside, I would be more concerned with the tire company's response to your issue. I have always bought my tires from LesSchwab. They HAVE replaced all four of my tires as one was faulty. They should do the same for anyone else, and you should have had all four replaced. Jordan

I'm going to bet on something simple like a wheel bearing or tire imbalance. I have had very similiar symptons in my legacy with a wheel out of balance. I also rotated tires at that time and it was smooth as silk afterward. In my old saturn, I had a bad wheel bearing that went nuts at about 65 mph. If it's related to speed more than RPM, take the above mentioned route. Get back to us and let us know what fixes it. Jordan

Wow, I didn't know they came with a five digit odometer. The car looks pretty clean, like maybe its just been sitting for a long long time. It might be a gasket case. Jordan

Ahhh... this all sounds so familiar. I went through it last year. Unfortunately, I was injured, and had (have) an attorney. They pulled my rental car in like 3 days. Total BS, but it was there in the fine print. If my car was going to be repaired (I was rear-ended, totaled the car) I could have had the rental for the whole time the car was in the shop. Since they were paying me out on the car, I had to settle for only 5 days with the rental, at what I thought was a fair price. They said the car was worth 4k, and after some arguing, I got it to 5k. The funniest part of my whole experience was when the other guys insurance company called me and offered me 250.00 for my "troubles". I was taken to the ER by medics and they wanted to pay me $250.00 for my troubles. That barely covered my day away from work. The total damages in this accident (I was plowed into the car in front of me too) are probably going to be in the area of 50 grand. I know my medical expenses alone are still pushing 15K. And they wanted to offer me $250.00! Insurance companies are the slimiest people in the world, period. Jordan

Whaaaa? I thought it was of the cable type. This doesn't sound right...

I have the 93 legacy wagon wtih the 4EAT too . My tranny sucks balls.

It would probably be easier to do with an MPEFI reprogrammed for the new timing sequence. I have NO idea how that would happen though...