louipaw
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You guys are absolutely right! I'm just going to get a full rebuild. Thanks all! I hope this thread can be useful to someone looking for answers!
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You still tried to help so that is what matters! Thanks for your time. I am either going to buy a new or used diff and replace it myself apparently it isn't that hard of a job or just take it to a well known local subie shop and have them rebuild the whole tranny at once.
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So I figured out what the problem is! I pulled out the axle and ran the test again with all wheels in the air and on D position and sure enough the clunking you hear in the videos is coming from inside the differential arghh!
! I hope this helps someone in search for an answer to their clunking noise coming from the front suspension, in this case, the driver side. This bad bit*h is going to the shop immediately and will be back and rumbling! 
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I'm really hoping that's what it is, thanks so much for your input
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I had the exact same thing and it was the the short shaft between the axle and the trans that was bad. Thought it was a bad tranny cuz the whole car was lurching around, but was the short shaft. I see your front wheel spinning and the right wheel going. That would fit.
Im going to give it a shot, thanks!!
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noticeably more grease seeping out of the cv joint boot area where the clamp is than the passenger side
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another view from the bottom sorry bout the crappy quality you can see the left front driver wheel barely able to move in comparison with passenger side left front wheel, possible bad wheel bearing?
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Can this possibly be a bad wheel bearing?
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You can hear what I'm talking about in this video hopefully
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Should the driveshaft have any play?
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The jolting/noise is in the front diff/tranny area, it has an up and down movement as I am manually spinning the left front wheel forward and even as I spin it backwards. The same jolting/noise occurs
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Might be an axle but kinda sounds like a tooth got knocked off the front pinion gear.
Jack it up and spin the wheels and see if anything makes noise.
As I do that while car is off and on park with wheels up I don't hear a noise but it the tranny jolts like an almost up and down movememt
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Part of the left axle where it enters the front diff
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The rear diff is shot? Or did that stub pop out?
I don't see any damage on the rear diff how does one tell if it's shot?
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Put it up on a lift and try to turn the front wheels while in park. Could be a broken short shaft ( between the axle and trans.)
Ok will do! Man I'm just praying to the subaru gods it doesn't break my bank and then some lol my car won't turn the wheels if its in park even if the wheels are in the air. Im assuming you meant neutral? or maybe It does i don't recall ever trying that. In the video I'm uploading to youtube so i can link here i have the car jacked up with all wheels in the air and in Drive, the left driver side wheel and axle is barely able to keep up with the other side front passenger you will see what i mean when i put the video up the clunking noise is coming from in between the axle (cv joint/boot side) to where it connects to front diff (hoping not from the inside!)
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I will post the new video as soon as I can, get a better view/scenario of whats going on.
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thank you all so much! Im pretty bummed out I'm not currently able to drive my baby but Im in neck deep now and will have to fix it
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Need help ASAP please, broken drive shaft, axle or tranny mounts?
in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVX
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Hey whats up guys, my problem was a chewed up front diff.
I replaced it, added a six inch lift and was beast till I wrecked it.
Here is a picture of my outback.