Subaru Forester - Name that Sound

Wheel bearing.

OK, I didn't notice your post before posting mine.

My 95 Legacy auto got similiar problem. At first it's some "clicking" noise from the rear rigth side. It sounds like gear noise, so my friend told me it might be rear differential. Now when I step on the gas or let go, I can hear some howling or growling noise. I guess this is what people talked about "torque-sensitive", right?

So is this a bearing problem or differential problem? Thanks.

Sam

I sort of had the same problem on my Ford Mustang (while I was thinking that Mustang is the best car ;-)) and then Popular Mechanincs explained it all.

Search Popular Mechanics' web site

for "Replacing U-Joints". I'm not saying the U-joint is the culprit, but it could be some of the stuffposted in this article. "Shaft Shivers" is the title that caught my eye. I would've past the web link but it is so @#$%$#@ long so I'm leaving it to you to find it.

Hope this helps.

Cheers, Voja

S. Hurwitz wrote:

I had that sound with two of my cars (none of them Subarus). In one case it was differential wear and the other it was the in tank fuel pump (I don't know if Subaru puts the fuel pump in the tank). In both cases the problem was never fixed and the part outlasted the car.

Dave

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I would've past the web link but it is so @#$%$#@ long so I'm leaving it to you to find it.

try

to shorten those longer links, but thank you for responding anyway.

Don't dismiss something simple like the roof rack. Had a crossover been changed in position from the factory setting? I was told that it was tuned for minimal sound. It reminds me of a howl that the roof rack made when put on on my Dad's 1948 Pontiac. Another possibility is a diverter above the hatch.

I want to thank everyone for their suggestions... Just got the car back from the shop... it was the right rear wheel bearing (about 95k miles). It's now pleasantly quiet.. at least as quiet as it once was...

Stuart

S. Hurwitz wrote:

Glad you caught it before it exploded and caused all kinds of havoc.

What'd the repair cost ya?

-- Todd H.

2001 Legacy Outback Wagon, 2.5L H-4 Chicago, Illinois USA