jgrimm

No lights are on. Reverse is just fine. Can accelerate hard as I want in reverse without a problem. If I put the tranny in third gear the shaking and judder is noticeably less when accelerating. Even though still starts out in first gear. Did three tranny drain n refills with filter change about five days ago n problem did nitty get better at all and fluid was just fine. What throws me off is why dies problem go away after second gear. I can afford to replace tranny but if I do n that was nit it I'll be irate

So I drained my front diff fluid and no metal shavings on magnet. Just very small amount of normal wear black sludge on magnet. My two front axles I can grab right were they go into transmission and shake them about eighth if inch up n down n in n out. Passenger side just barely worse then driver. But it dies nit feel worse than it should be. So what's next route. No metal or burning in transmission fluid.no metal in diff. What's next route. My first Subaru. Ugh.

How hard is it to change the pinion shaft and bearing?? Before I give a shop the ok if I can do it myself

My 2001 outback with h6 vdc recently started hearing grinding when accelerate moderately or higher in first and second gear from around passenger side of car. Grinding has pretty much went away Now but trying to accelerate atty all in first or second gear the whole car shudders till its in third or fourth gear. Turned vdc off n problem just got worse. Is it bad transfer case?? Bad clutch pack?? Bad pinion?? I know when I hit bumps car rattles in front. So maybe bad axle slipping?? It is an auto. Once out of second gear problem goes away. Or when you stop accelerating. N I do get high rev a car shifts from first to second to third. Just not all the time. Did tranny full drain n refill couple times. N changed filter.did not help. Any ideas???