Righto, this is concerning my brother's automatic Saab 92X. A bit of background: it's got 70,000 miles, tires with good tread, balanced, got an alignment at GTE to try and remedy the original pulling to one side problem. Went for a ride in it today and the thing pulls to the right big time. It shudders when you turn and come from a stop quickly. I don't think it's an actual alignment problem because the specs weren't far out of whack when we went to GTE and I think they're probably still in order. What could be causing the problem? We're going to take it into somewhere (recommendations welcome) to have a look at it but it would be good to see if anyone local knows what might be up. Our initial thought is something's up with the diff. More power going to one side, pushing it to the other and then it's fubar'ing around turns. Why it would happen to a stock 2.5i is beyond me. Everything has been maintained, even tyres... everything! What are we missing? Cheers
could be diff. or something as simple as a cracked wheel. maybe something as simple as having hit a pothole or big bump since the alignment at GTE.
Supposedly it only takes a small difference in tire diameter/wear to mess with the diff.My wifes 92x does the same thing.
yeah maybe someone can jump in and correct me here but subaru denies warranty issues on transmissions if any of the tires are more than 3/32 of an inch different than each other
It's only got 70k on it, it's just plain fucking stupid if a diff can't handle driving around stock. I just did a quick wheel bearing check and found no problem.
Multi-quote not working... Matt - The fluids probably last got changed when he had his 60k service 10k miles ago. techlord - Good point, I can't say that I focused on whether it was under throttle or not. I suspect it may have been, not positive though. Update on the issue, we stopped by Classic Subaru and had Thomas (Great guy) take it for a quick spin and I think he hit the nail on the head. He pulled over and unplugged the AWD fuse (or plugged in the FWD fuse whichever way it goes) and the problem was no more. He says either the seals or the back of case (don't quote me on that exact names) of the transfer case was causing the problem. The car was thinking the wheels were spinning at different rates and enabled the AWD mode during low speed turns when it shouldn't be. Now where the problem came from? I'm really not sure. He said it's normally from uneven front and rear tyres but that's never been a problem under our ownership. Normally quite anal about that stuff, especially knowing the hassle many have had. Time to find out some price quotes. techlord, didn't you and Ped used to do jobs for cash on here? It's been a while!