KiwiGT

Silverdale is about 40kms north of Auckland city on the main highway, before you get to Orewa. We live in the country about 10kms West of Silverdale. You are right about getting Subarus fixed in New Zealand, there are more here than probably anywhere else. Mostly imported used from Japan. The reason I put the posting up was more so that I got straight to the problem rather than having a garage change costly bits and pieces until they found the fault. I now have it booked in on Weds to get the u-joint replaced.

I have now checked the drive shaft. Rear U-joints nice and tight. Centre bearing seems OK. No wear and only movement is in the rubber mounting. BUT, there is detectable play in the front u-joints AND the drive shalf can move up and down in the rear of the transmission tail housing. There is a noticable clicking and 1-2mm of movement when moved up and down by hand. Is that normal or is the driveshaft front end worn perhaps?

My 1999 Legacy GT Wagon has a vibration that occurs at about 40kph (25mph). It is not engine related as I can shift to nuetral and it keeps vibrating until speed drops below about 30kph. Have had all wheels balanced and brake discs machined recently. Vibration resonates through the vehicle, but only at about that one speed. Any speeds above that are fine. Any ideas where I should start looking for the problem??