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Nice looking clean car!

What would you recomend for a jack?

Looks fun!

I think i might wait until rains before i try this.

Anyone have experience driving the Coos Bay North Jetty road in Oregon ? It's level, but the sand can be pretty soft and a lot of the trucks that drive it leave deep ruts. I haven't been brave enough to take my outback across it, but I'd really like too. 43.356733, -124.337021

I was wrong, it does still do it with the FWD fuse in. I just didn't have enough of a load on the car when i tried.

The problem is still there with the FWD in. I'll check over the rear axles a little more, they are orginal. EDIT: I was wrong, it does still do it with the FWD fuse in. I just didn't have enough of a load on the car when i tried.

Bummer, I guess I still don't have a lead on the problem then.

The drive line does appear to be flat. But while i was down there i noticed a loose nut on the transmission mount. I don't know if this could be causing the problem, or caused by it. But when i try to tighten the nut the stud just spins.

I'm told they are, but I didn't pull the drive shafts myself.

I wish it had lifting blocks. But no it doesn't

1997 Outback Auto 270,700 The struts have around 50k and the rest of suspension components appear fine to my armature eye. The car is no where near bottomed out, i have king springs on which really help with that.

I couldn't get it to do it in reverse. But i didn't have it loaded down either.

I've never tried. I'll find a big hill tomorrow afternoon and give it a shot.

It will do it going straight. But only with some extra weight and starting off on a hill. 4Eat

When accelerating from a stop with a semi-heavy load, like towing a trailer, there's a thumping sound, maybe from somewhere in the middle of the car. It last for only 2-3 seconds during accelerating. No noise or problems once the car is moving. It also happens with just me in the car if I floor it from a stop while making a hard turn.

Yep I'm sure. It's the original drive train. well minus the propeller shaft.

The shop said that tires were coming apart at highway speeds, yes. The U-joints broke and a transmission mount broke as well. The bearings do not feel crunchy when i spin the driveline by hand. There is some play went i change direction of the drive line, maybe one or two degrees. I'm not sure I understand how different sized tires would cause this, but the vibrations went away with new tires.

I took the car to a shop for their opinion. They want to rebuild the rear diff, but I’m not convinced that’s the problem. I'm going to do some research and see if any LSD differentials from newer outback’s are a direct bolt in replacement. If they are, I'll use this an excuse to get do a bit of an upgrade.

They tire tread was separating at speed. . All the tread measure the same depth, but would actually go out of round at highway speeds. The first two that failed baffled me. I even took to a private garage that specializes in subarus, and they couldn't figure it out either. The third drive line broke at about 45 MPH, and broke the transmission mounts. I ended up having the car towed to a second garage, and they figured it for me.

I Pulled the drive line out today, but it actually seems fine. I'm really not sure whats wrong. I guess I'll have wait until the problem gets worse.

Thanks for the info, but i don't really have the time to rebuild one myself right now.

I do have king springs on the car, so it sits about an 1.5" taller than normal. That might have something to do with my problem. Also I'm pretty sure the first two drive lines failed because i had tires that were having tread separation issues at speed. Do you think there is something else i should be checking for?

It would definitely save me some money, but I've tired of replacing this drive line. I've boughten four used drive lines for this car so fair. Two of the failures were actually tire related problems, but the other two were just worn out drive lines. I'm hoping these aftermarket rebuilt drive lines will be a little more robust.

Here's some a couple links to places i've found that sell them. http://www.drivetrain.com/parts_catalog/drivetrain/subaru_driveline_and_driveshafts_replacements.html http://www.rmdriveline.com/products-services/