wmaney Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Our 2009 Legacy Special Edition with 196,000 miles has a vibration in the steering wheel/body when turning right(even slightly) at 65-75 MPH. CV boots are good. Left front wheel bearing was slightly loose, changed it. Still vibrating. Changed both front axles. Still vibrating. Tie rod ends and ball joints seem tight. Any suggestions? Could it be the u joint in steering shaft? How about the rear CV axles? Disgusted with this issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brus brother Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Vibration before changing axles? aftermarket axles can be problematic any vibration while driving? tire balance? alignment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan909 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) We briefly had some transient vibration problems with our '98 Legacy - turned out we were losing a CV joint. But it didn't smell like it at first, so I was digging around a little in discussions that may apply to your newer ride. I didn't get far into it, but the upshot seemed to be that Subaru didn't get the damping right the first time around, so there's a field upgrade that includes adding a weight to the column. I'm sure there are those here who are familiar with it - perhaps there was a recall notice. Edited December 31, 2018 by jonathan909 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster2 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 You don't say that you had the wheels balanced. Had a vibration on my 08 Outback recently. a wheel balance fixed the vibration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 On 12/30/2018 at 8:21 PM, wmaney said: vibration in the steering wheel/body when turning right(even slightly) at 65-75 MPH. Wheel bearing Front control arm rear transverse bushing transmission mounts? rotate wheels - If the vibration changes you know it’s tires/wheels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike104 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 I had a similar issue on my 03 Forester that ended up being a frozen brake caliper. May want to check for free movement of the sliders/calipers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmaney Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 I changed the axkes to try and eliminate the vibration when turning right, Still vibrating when turning right. Put my daughter's known good tires and wheels on this car. Vibration only when turning right still remains. Very frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 8 hours ago, wmaney said: I changed the axkes to try and eliminate the vibration when turning right, Still vibrating when turning right. Put my daughter's known good tires and wheels on this car. Vibration only when turning right still remains. Very frustrating. Wheel bearing It’s the other side you haven’t replaced yet. I’d say only 2 out of 10 bad Subaru wheel bearings I’ve ever checked have play even when they’re bad. Play alone is not an accurate diagnosis or it’s a Bad hub on the side you already replaced causing the bearings to fail - I’d replace the entire knuckle assembly or get a new hub. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_freddo Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 On the front end you should always do things in pairs. Replace the rhs bearing, do the lhs as well etc. Cheers Bennie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 10 hours ago, el_freddo said: On the front end you should always do things in pairs. Replace the rhs bearing, do the lhs as well etc. Cheers Bennie Sure, any one person can choose to do that but it's incorrect as a statement - it's normative and commonplace to replace one bearing as there's no physical reason to replace a bearing that hasn't failed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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