sdittman

My Legacy was just diagnosed with "torque bind". The service dept. fixed it and there is no more bind, but now there is a terrible "jackhammering" sound when I take my foot off the accelerator and they can't figure out what is causing the noise. Here is what my ticket says: "Test drove and diagnosed torque bind conditino. No noise heard. Replaced clutch pack set. Re-installed. Noise heard. Removed again and installed bearings. Slight noise heard. Removed 3rd time and installed shaft and bearings. Re-installed and drove. Very slight noise heard. No torque bind." The noise sounds like I'm driving by a construction site and there is a jackhammer off in the distance. It seems to only do it when my foot is off the accelerator and stops and soon as I press on the accelerator. Any clues?

I'm new to this web site and hope I am posting in a place where someone will see my question. I have a '97 Legacy. When in reverse and making a tight turn in gravel the rear wheels starting "spinning" just a bit in the gravel. AT first I thought I was imagining it, but later I noticed when going forward and the wheel was turned tight that it sort of jerked. We tooked it in and they said it was torque bind and would probably be $1100. Well, they ended up keeping it over the weekend cause they couldn't find some small part and the next week they told me that when they test drove it it now had a noise. Here is what they put on my bill: "Test drove and diagnosed torque bind condition. No noise heard. Replaced clutch pack set. Re-installed. Noise heard. Removed again and installed bearings. Slight noise heard. Removed 3rd time and installed shaft and bearings. Re-installed and drove (very slight noise heard) No torque bind." Well the "slight" noise sounds like you are passing a motorcycle when you take your foot off the gas. Now I read these forums and it sounds like they should have started by checking my tire pressure. They told me it was gonna be $1100 from the outset and when I told them the WWW said it should cost about $750 they said sometimes you don't have to replace so many parts. So how did they know going in that they would have to replace so many parts? Help!