dave_anto364 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Hi All, New here but just starting having trouble with my 2007 Legacy Limited 2.5. Has a vibration in the steering wheel at 35 to about 65 miles, it is very noticeable. I first thought it might be a rotor, I had one wheel with a lot of brake dust, so I put in two new calipers, rotors and pads in the front. Although it has not fixed the issue. Is there a way to test for the cv jionts, because in searching the forum it appears it may be these. I have lift the front wheels (bot at same time) up and have tried to move the wheel in and out - hands at 12 and 6 and 3 and 9 pushing in and out, but there is no movement. The wheels do spin but they do have some play before they do spin. I have also noticed a click when I put it into reverse - and it is an automatic - sorry for not mentioing that earlier and it has 110K on it. I also dealing with an oil leak which appears to be coming from the drivers side head gasket, just oil no antifreeze as of yet. Oh and it got a new (3000 miles) set of tires which I rotated after the brake work just incase of a out of balance situation. And lastly, I think it is the drive belt is in need of a change - it squeels and steering is difficult at idle, give it some gas and it ismuch better. So have some work ahead but I want to get it all the parts ordered at once so if you think I should go forward with the cv's then I will order them with the rest of the parts. Any help would be great. Dave 07 Legacy 02 Forrester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairtax4me Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) Was the vibration present before putting new tires on? I don't know how they do the belts on the 07 but the older cars you have to manually adjust the belts. If the belt is old go ahead and replace it. Another thing you need to do soon is the timing belt, since you're 5,000 miles overdue. Timing belt time is the best time to address head gasket issues, since all that has to come apart to pull the heads anyway. Edited April 3, 2014 by Fairtax4me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_anto364 Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 Was the vibration present before putting new tires on? I don't know how they do the belts on the 07 but the older cars you have to manually adjust the belts. If the belt is old go ahead and replace it. Another thing you need to do soon is the timing belt, since you're 5,000 miles overdue. Timing belt time is the best time to address head gasket issues, since all that has to come apart to pull the heads anyway. The vibration was not present brefore the new tires, and is something that just occurred. I bought this car for my daughter about 6 months ago and she has put on about 6000 miles. The click I hear when putting it into reverse I did hear intermintently when I was test driving and it was usually from a dead stop but I could not get it to recreat with dealer, or maybe he just knew it and did not want to say anything. The oil leak may have been present then but the engine was cleaned, I should have known better, but I was buying a subaru for it reliabiliy. As far as the timing bely, I do have that (did not mention) that was the job I was about to do when all this cropped up - and I have a new water pump also. So do you think it could be the cv jiont - are there any other tests I can do to determine. Could it be a wheel bearing? Any tests for that, or do I just pull it all apart. Thanks for all your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Lucky Texan Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 I might be tempted to do the following, swap tires from front to back in pairs - while doing that, confirm that the calipers can freely slide on their pins. Inspect the lug nuts and studs carefully. Use a wire brush and knock-off any rust on the wheel-rotor interface, and the rotor-hub interface. While idling, look inside the power steering reservoir for bubbles/foam. air sucked in past a bad o-ring or hose clamp could lead to odd noises/jerkiness in steering wheel when turning. Were the old tires all the same model/size ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairtax4me Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 The tires may need to be balanced. Sometimes the balance weights fling off. Its also possible the tire shop used the wrong kind of weights, which would cause them to fall off. Another thing to check if the car ever goes on dirt or gravel roads is check the inside of the wheel for dried on mud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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