1995 Subaru Liberty regular diff type noise

Tiny
DAVID KELLY
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  • 1995 SUBARU LIBERTY
  • 4 CYL
  • AWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 235,000 MILES
Dear Technical experts - I have a very nice looking Subaru Heritage - with good tyres recently blanced. There is a regular noise that resembles gears not meshing properly - this noise changes with speed. A mechanic said it may be bearings - but I am not sure. Can this be easily checked before sending it to a Mechanic?
Sunday, August 9th, 2009 AT 10:45 PM

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Tiny
MHPAUTOS
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Hi there,

with out hearing this noise it is a bit hard to say, but generally a bearing will hum, and get louder with road speed, diff bearings will alter pitch when you come off and on the throttle while in gear, a tooth noise is far more clattery or a coarse type noise, get a mechanic to listen and report his thoughts.

Mark (mhpautos)
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Sunday, August 9th, 2009 AT 10:51 PM

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