crazyricochet wrote:Always read and knew about it but have never experienced it.
Center diff on the wagon has started to bind when doing very slow tight carpark full lock manouvers after the driveline is warmed up. Off to corgiwerx I go, ho ho ho and some shifter bushes too, 15mm of side to side sloppy goodness
Car is at 154,000km, about the km all these things start to happen.
crazyricochet wrote:Center diff on the wagon has started to bind when doing very slow tight carpark full lock manouvers after the driveline is warmed up. Off to corgiwerx I go, ho ho ho and some shifter bushes too, 15mm of side to side sloppy goodness
tom_kauf wrote:crazyricochet wrote:Always read and knew about it but have never experienced it.
Center diff on the wagon has started to bind when doing very slow tight carpark full lock manouvers after the driveline is warmed up. Off to corgiwerx I go, ho ho ho and some shifter bushes too, 15mm of side to side sloppy goodness
Car is at 154,000km, about the km all these things start to happen.
Sorry to hear that, but unfortunately it happens to us all eventually.
Before spending big on Centre Diff work, make sure you quickly spray lubrication your shocks (mentioned in this thread). The clunk the Bilsteins make sounds very similar to the diff. You might find that's the source of your noise.
crazyricochet wrote:The whole car jerks and shakes like it's about to stall and will only do it when the car is warm and driven, inline with the typical symptoms described in this thread.
It's more than just the clunk noise alone on it's so I quite doubt it's the shocks, it doesn't clunk at any other time but if I've got any spray lying around it'll cost me nothing to do.
wildotan wrote:Bah, mine made it to 230k. But just did an interval 1 service and a few simple checks and looks like my centre diff is now gone too.
wildotan wrote:Thanks Billy Corgi,
Just had my front CVs replaced as a pre-emptive strike. And the classic BANG BANG BANG refusal to go is still there. The symptoms are definitely Center Diff. Cold = ok but after a 15 - 20 minute run then the full lock turn symptoms appear.
I'm still a bit skeptical that running uneven tyres will do this, my front KU22's are newish, and the rears are wornish. I'd estimate a 3mm tread wear difference so 6 mm accross the full diameter. You could end up with this kind of difference in treadwear difference just from your style of driving, so if the VC can't handle it - I'd reckon its a design fault, or at the very least a poor design. I'm sure that if you just did freeway kms all day everyday then having the equivalent of a 100W light bulb heating up that silicone will reduce life. But seriously? The amount Subaru want for replacement is bs.
wildotan wrote: I'm sure that if you just did freeway kms all day everyday then having the equivalent of a 100W light bulb heating up that silicone will reduce life.
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