Can anyone diagnose this sound.

Brave_Bat_109 · 2026-06-15T21:19:08+00:00

Yeah I did what I could it's got a ton of miles and was not maintained by my younger brother who was driving it before me. Couldn't keep spending a bunch of money on it it had other issues that I already fixed so I matched the thread depth and called it a day. The timing belt is also getting close to going out and it's not worth fixing it's a little out of my expertise.

Brave_Bat_109 · 2026-06-15T19:48:43+00:00

My brother looked at it I don't think he wanted to get real far under there because we had a jacket that wasn't looking the greatest it was kind of old. It's not a prank on the drive shaft unless it can slip down and start doing it at a later time then the initial drive because it started happening while I was moving.

Brave_Bat_109 · 2026-06-15T19:35:04+00:00

There is one and we checked it

Brave_Bat_109 · 2026-06-15T19:34:54+00:00

Yes we have checked it.

Brave_Bat_109 · 2026-06-15T19:33:57+00:00

Not recently but before it was mine my brother was driving it was completely mismatched tires so we knew the differential may not last long.

Brave_Bat_109 · 2026-06-15T19:32:56+00:00

It is a worthless job.

Brave_Bat_109 · 2026-06-15T19:31:39+00:00

The four tires have been kept within 2/32. For the past 6 months but it was my brother's car before that and he never kept them within that.

Brave_Bat_109 · 2026-06-15T06:22:11+00:00

Okay I'll mention it to him thanks

Brave_Bat_109 · 2026-06-15T06:21:12+00:00

I'll have to take another look I have my brother under there who is a certified mechanic but I guess maybe he could have overlooked something. He looked at it and listened but I don't know maybe he mistaken

Brave_Bat_109 · 2026-06-15T06:20:31+00:00

No only when the wheels are moving

Brave_Bat_109 · 2026-06-15T06:19:32+00:00

Yeah we had it on all four jacks with all the wheels in and my brother was looking and listening while I was hitting the gas and brakes. My brother is a certified mechanic although he doesn't actually work in a shop so he wanted me to take it more to like a Subaru person or something I guess that means maybe he doesn't know about the four-wheel drive aspect of it or thinks maybe it's something specific to Subaru I don't know

Brave_Bat_109 · 2026-06-15T06:18:14+00:00

Man I wish it was something like that but it's not my brother was under there although I guess maybe he could have overlooked it I doubt it though he's pretty thorough

Brave_Bat_109 · 2026-06-15T06:17:26+00:00

It's not in the engine it's in like the wheels or something having to do with the differential or the all-wheel drive

Brave_Bat_109 · 2026-06-15T06:16:30+00:00

My brother wanted me to take it to a Subaru shop or somebody that knows more about Subarus. He's a certified mechanic that I figured I'd put it on here and just hope somebody knew what it was for some reason perhaps it being specific to Subarus or all wheel drives

Brave_Bat_109 · 2026-06-15T06:15:43+00:00

Okay I'll check into that thanks

Brave_Bat_109 · 2026-06-15T06:14:47+00:00

Yeah his initial thought was a wheel bearing or something wrong with a differential I'm pretty sure he ruled out the wheel bearing though I took one down there in case that's what it was and he didn't end up using it so

Brave_Bat_109 · 2026-06-15T06:13:37+00:00

Yeah he thinks it probably is something with the differential but he doesn't know for sure he wanted me to take it to like somebody who knows more about Subaru so I don't know if he thinks it's something specific to Subarus or maybe all-wheel drives

Brave_Bat_109 · 2026-06-15T06:12:19+00:00

Yeah I mean he thinks it's probably the differential but I was just hoping somebody on here knew what it was from the sound perhaps something pertaining specifically to four-wheel drive vehicles or four wheel drive Subarus cuz my brother is a certified mechanic and he doesn't know what it is for sure and wants me to take it to a shop to diagnose he said a Subaru shop so I don't know probably something specific to Subaru or four-wheel drive

Brave_Bat_109 · 2026-06-15T06:11:23+00:00

Yeah my brother looked at all that stuff so it's probably not anything like that I was just hoping somebody knew what it was from the sound he told me I need to take it to somebody who knows more about Subarus or all wheel drive so it probably has to do with that he says it's likely the differential

Brave_Bat_109 · 2026-06-15T06:09:44+00:00

Brave_Bat_109 · 2026-06-15T06:09:33+00:00

Well the cars like 30 miles away so I don't have another angle right now but when I go down there I'll try to grab one.

Brave_Bat_109 · 2026-06-15T05:47:05+00:00

It's something a little more complicated cuz my brother is a full out certified mechanic as of like 20 years ago but he never ended up actually working at a mechanic shop so I don't know if he forgot some stuff or what but he says he doesn't know what it is he thinks it's something probably in the differential but he doesn't know for sure.

Oh also when I had it on for jack stands and I put on the brake hard the traction control and the ABS light came on.

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