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Well, ladies and gentlemen, hold on to your hats, this one is a doosey. Well, I finally got a chance to go out there and take a look. I get out there jack up the car take the wheel off, and the CV nut falls into my lap, I look and notice the CV joint has pushed itself out as far as possible(towards the engine), and pushed the rotor out toward the outside. But, as I am sure you know the caliper is not attached in the same place the rotor is, it is trying to hold the rotor back with the outside brake pad. Which would explain the car thinking there is something wrong with the ABS, it simply thought there was something wrong with that wheel. All the while there are these little steel cylinders on the ground all around, as I soon find out the CV joint appears to have forced the ball bearing apart. So what would be an easy fix has turned into a bearing replacement. So all of you were right. I appreciate your help, now to figure out how I am going to get this done without being able to move my car.

Good to know. Thank you everyone I will look into it later today and will let you know what I find. Again, thank you for all the help and suggestions.

Well today I was driving my car (a 1997 Subaru Outback Legacy Limited 2.5 L), and the ABS light has been on for a few days, there has been a bit of a dragging noise on the front two brakes. Now was driving home from the store and when I got fairly close I had to stop because I had no acceleration, and the car was sluggish, it seems the left front wheel has locked up, I am assuming it's an independent problem from the ABS light but who knows. Now I managed to get it into the parking lot, but when I looked at the wheel it seemed to be able 20-30 degrees out of camber in the negative chamber, the brakes on that wheel seemed hotter then the rest. While I wish I could take it apart and look right now, I am at college and that is frowned upon at night. So, when I get the chance to see whats wrong tomorrow, what should I look for?

Yeah, that does make sense, looks like I found my project for the weekend. Thanks everyone.

Okay, I was on my way to the store, and I noticed a sudden loss of power acceleration, and a jump in the RPM's. I figured the transmission had slipped, alright no big deal, let off shifted to neutral, back to drive, and continued on my merry way. Well it happened a few more times. Got there put it in park, the car started to roll backwards. Put on the emergency brake and figured it was part of the same problem. On the way home got a bad vibration on the rear passenger side only while acceleration, either at low or high speeds, but not at consistent speeds nor RPM's. Now my question is, is the car actually worth repairing, I have a new CV joint that I need to put in, and more and more things seem to be going wrong with it, I've had to replace the alternator twice, the rack and pinion, power steering pump, the other CV joint, and it leaks oil, but the mechanics want more to fix it then the car is worth, so I'm not going for that one. Also, its an automatic 2.5 L 1997 Subaru Legacy Outback Limited with about 219,000 miles on it. Any help or ideas would be appreciated.

I don't know for sure, but my guess is it would be the CV (constant velocity) joint. I have a similar problem in my car and that's what I have determined it is.