1999 Legacy GT wagon--automatic--130K miles. Has anyone ever had a rear axle shaft CV joint fail? I'm getting a "clunk clunk clunk clunk" (once with every revolution of the axle) at the left rear when making right curves---like exiting from a hiway--at approx 30 mph. Sounds like the same noise my wife's '98 Outback was making in the front of that car when it's right front inboard joint was failing. I'm just thinking this through---if it were a hub bearing failing, that would be a "roaring" or howling noise, right??

no i have never seen one fail, but i've never heard one make a noise either.

every subaru i've owned (except my impreza) has torn rear joints and i have left them that way for nearly 100,000 miles. difference is that i've never heard them make noise.

 

you could swap the axles and see if the noise changes sides! just kidding, im sure you wouldn't want to go through the trouble.

 

hey you're in maryland, don't see too many MD members.