I picked up a 97 2.2 Legacy Auto. The guy thought the trans was shot, but I found the passenger side outer CV joint cage in lots of parts. The boot was still good, but the shaft could turn inside the housing.

 

I replaced the half shaft and its working. There is some torque bind. I flushed the fluid and will give it some time.

 

I'm also going to see if the FWD fuse makes any difference. Has anyone ever seen a joint fail due to torque bind? Thanks

I picked up a 97 2.2 Legacy Auto. The guy thought the trans was shot, but I found the passenger side outer CV joint cage in lots of parts. The boot was still good, but the shaft could turn inside the housing.

 

I replaced the half shaft and its working. There is some torque bind. I flushed the fluid and will give it some time.

 

I'm also going to see if the FWD fuse makes any difference. Has anyone ever seen a joint fail due to torque bind? Thanks

 

Jooints dont fail due to torque bind, the clutch pack will fail first. Sounds like the guy just wanted to drive the car unbtil it was undrivable. i have had cv joints self destruct before.

Check to make sure all the tires have the same wear and inflation, and are the same size. IF you flushes the tranny completly (all 9? or more quarts not sure) it should go away rather quickly. If not he may have driven that into the ground too.

 

nipper

Yep, flushed it all, I pull the upper radiator trany coolant hose, put another hose on the fitting and let it pump out the old stuff as I'm adding new fluid. It works great. This is after a drain and fill of course.

 

177K, on the car in otherwise good condition $600. I figured at that price I could replace just about anything. I'll do some more checking today, may just be the C DS.