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they just charged me $400 to have the crank pulley replaced (new pulley and labor) which they said was caused by the other garage not cranking it down properly when they replaced my timing belt. Then told me they can't check/fix the drive train until next week and told leave the car in FWD until then that it would not be a problem... They say if it is the differential plate it'll cost about $1500 including labor (plus the tires).

Yes- its AWD, actually asked my garage about changing all four instead of two- they said two was all I needed to do- they still say that if the circumferences are similar it shouldn't make a difference. My local subaru dealer told me to leave the fuse in until they can take the car and then end of the week... is that really bad?

Hi- I'm new to the site- didn't know something like this existed. I have a '95 subaru legacy wagon and I was wondering if anyone out there knew if having rear and front tires with different tread but circumferences/wear within specifications could cause drive train problems/ locking? I have two new front tires that were put on in June- but the tread wear was within the 1/4" circ difference according to my garage. This past month the car was locking with acceleration- brought the car into the subaru dealer while on a trip- was told the differential plate needed to be rebuilt. I then brought my car to my local subaru dealer who says it impossible to tell until I have four identical tires on my car because having different treads front to back can cause locking. My car is currently in FWD (from the info I got from this site- Thanks!) to prevent any further damage... Thanks Angela