hi new to this not sure if this is the right place but got a 81 Subaru GL for free. runs good and off roads great better then most trucks but lately when driving it there is popping from the right front side and sometimes shakes really bad up and down hill unless i push the clutch in. Once i push it in it all goes away. tires do need to be balanced cause lost the weights. so idk what is going on and i checked CV joints and everything and there all good so any ideas. its my daily driver and cant afford to have it down

Sounds like you have a bad inner joint on the axle, or a bad wheel bearing. could just need ball joints, tie rods, nreg. maitenance.

 

How many miles on the car? 4wd?

it only has 153, 253 and ya 4 wheel drive but its weird that it only does it tell the clutch gets pushed in and i did the wheel bearing check and all that and its very tight nothing moves at all

When you say you did a wheel bearing check, what is that?

 

The first thing I would do is jack up the front of the car (one side at a time is fine) and try to shake the tire by hand - both side to side, and top to bottom. If you notice any play at all try to determine where its coming from. Common failure items are the ball joint, tie rod end, and inner tie rod. Also make sure the big nut on the end of the cv shaft is good and snug. I once thought I had a bad wheel bearing, but it turned out this nut was just not tight enough. Good luck!

 

Nick

ya i jacked it up and did side to side and top to bottom and there was no play at all. i couldnt move it top to bottom and side to side only moved the steering wheel and thats it. i will check the nuts but im thinking something needs to be greased

ya i jacked it up and did side to side and top to bottom and there was no play at all. i couldnt move it top to bottom and side to side only moved the steering wheel and thats it. i will check the nuts but im thinking something needs to be greased

 

Don't take that as a given that it's fine. The busted wheel bearings in my old DL would generally show no play whatsoever. They were shot though.

ok well i think i might just grease everything i can find and see what that does. hoping it just needs a good grease

Don't take that as a given that it's fine. The busted wheel bearings in my old DL would generally show no play whatsoever. They were shot though.

 

^^^^^^very true^^^^^^

hoping to check everything out tomorrow and hoping it will be a easy fix cause im low on money and just hoping i can re pack the bearings and call it good tell i can get new ones thats if there bad

so to check the wheel bearings do i have to pull it all apart to check since i have no movement at all on the tire

well checked everything and could not see anything wrong with it but today when i was driving all i could smell was the clutch. could it just be the clutch ?