Well thanks to all the help from you guys I finally put a good axle in my 97 outback. After job was completed ,I pulled car outside and turning the wheel from one end of travel to the other(while stopped),I got a lot of noise from the front end. I had my wife turn the wheel while I looked and found the spring in the strut sticking on the top of the strut housing. I sprayed some lub.on top of spring and it seemd to quiet the noise. Does this mean the strut needs replaced or just a matter of a winter of road crap?

 

Thanks again for the help.

Collins

I had my wife turn the wheel while I looked and found the spring in the strut sticking on the top of the strut housing.

 

The strut AND spring assembly are supposed to turn as a unit, not independently of each other.

 

Either:

1) whoever assembled the strut did it wrong

or

2) the upper strut mount has expired.

97 outback.

Collins

 

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