mulletkill

Its not that easy because the screeching noise only happens when I'm going at least 40mph, and stomp on the gas. By the time I get somewhere where its safe to do that, wouldn't the car have either died or overheated on me?

Bump. Do you think it could be noise from the alternator/power steering belt? I just had my crank pulley replaced, it was rubbing on the timing belt cover, thought that might have been my problem but it is still making the noise.

My 4EAT sounds sick doesn't it, haha.

Happens at :08 here Happens at :05 here Any ideas? Car is a 2004 Forester XT, built 4EAT/converter etc. In person, the noise kinda sounds like tires peeling out.

Sorry to bump a 5yr old thread, but I've searched and searched and this is the only guy with similiar symptoms as I'm having right now.. Only exception is I'm pretty sure its not a heat shield. Only heat shields on my car are on my turbocharger, and for the exhaust manifold(headers). I think its something related to the transmission. Appears to be coming close to the front drivers side wheel well.. Things that have crossed my mind but I'm not sold on them: power steering fluid/pump CV joint wheel bearing rubbing on the rotor/brakes

thanks for the info...gonna have the shop that did the tranny swap look at it on Tuesday..I'll post my findings shortly after.

What I'm asking is, can just the front diff be removed and replaced without dropping the transmission?

Would it be easier to swap the front diff? I still have my old tranny (with 4.444) to match the 4.444 rear end..If it does have a 4.11 front, I would have to find a used rear diff.

I would think I would see binding too, but everything drives fine... Just can't understand why I would be fishtailing, as I'm front wheel biased.. I put the FWD fuse in, not sure if its gonna help though.

If I had a 4.11 in the front diff with a 4.444 rear, how obvious would it be during normal driving? Just had a new tranny put on my 04 Forester XT Auto last week, trying to eliminate this as my problem. Wouldn't I be getting lots of binding and bucking? If I'm understanding it correctly, the rear driveshaft would be spinning faster than the front one right? The XT's have the Active AWD(90F/10R controlled by a transfer clutch) but on "power brake" launches to 3,000rpms with my high stall torque converter, the rears just spin and spin, even fishtailed..Even on a semi-normal takeoff from a redlight on a wet road, I fishtailed. Fluids in both diffs were drained/refilled last week along with new ATF put in when the tranny was swapped. Am I just being paranoid? Discuss.

That was my first thought, I hope so, the shop is a Subaru Specialist, so I'd imagine they have done their share of bearing jobs...

I just had my rear left wheel bearing replaced 3 weeks ago...Have only put about 400 miles on it since..It just quiet til about 2 days ago when I noticed grinding noise again...(on right turns). Then today heard some grinding from that wheel on a left turn..Could the bearing be toast already, or is it possible an axle nut or lateral link bolt was over/under torqued? any ideas? This was the first bearing to go on my car...Its a 99 Outback SUS, 78k.