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Old 03-14-2013, 09:39 AM   #1
white-lightning
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Location: Salem, VA
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2002 WRX wagon
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Ok have not found anything that explains my sounds. So I bought this wrx almost a month ago, w/194k miles. Due to worn out ball joints and cheap junky tires it made lots of noise rolling along. So I replaced ball joints, outer tie rod ends, and rack boots followed by an alignment, rear was toed out. So the car rides a lot quieter now. Then I get a new set of 215/45/R17 Nitto Motivos and the car rides great, even quieter. Then I noticed a sound in right hand turns. The ds front inner cv boot was toast so I got every thing to do a wheel bearing and cv. Wheel bearing was indeed bad, had metal flakes in it. Also by replacing these parts a pop that I heard and felt through the steering wheel when stopped or at low went away. The car still made noise in right hand turns just not as loud. I could stick my head out the window and hear a rubbing sound from the rear brakes as well. So yesterday I do the rear wheel bearing. Now the parking brake is making noise worse. I can put the car on jack stands and turn the wheel and hear the parking brake, pull the rotor and turn it again, sound is gone. Ok, now I am also hearing a sound from the rear end of the car. Sound is pretty constant at speeds higher the 25-30mph, below that I can't hear it. Does not change under load. Is the parking brake noise and rear end sounds normal for these car? I have got used to the sound from the 5-speed, that no longer bothers me, but these sounds are driving me nuts as I did not notice them till after doing the front ds wheel bearing and cv.

Going to check the rear diff fluid today, but it showed no signs of leaking. Heck I may having been making this sound the whole time, but I didn't notice it till now as I was listening for sounds from the rear.
This braking rubbing sound is weird. I re-adjusted the parking brakes after an initial test drive, rotor slips on and off no problem.

Any thoughts and suggestion will be greatly appreciated. This is my first Subaru btw if you have not noticed.
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Old 03-14-2013, 09:44 AM   #2
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Almost forgot to mention this car is factory equipped with a rear lsd, according to the window sticker and confirmed by a local Subaru dealer.
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Old 03-14-2013, 09:47 AM   #3
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Car's got almost 200k o.O. I'd replace ALL the things . My car's new so I can't weigh in on noises yet lol. Hope you get a good response soon.
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