Hi all,
I've owned my Forester for a couple of years now and it was recently taken for its MOT and it failed on a couple of things (easily sorted) however the tester issued an advisory saying the differential bearings were badly worn. Now the problem is I wasn't there at the time of it getting tested BUT I think that it is actually the rear wheel bearing that needs replaced (wheel has excessive movement when jacked up and wobbled). The noise it makes while driving is a rumbling, grating noise that increases with speed - sounds a bit like a train!
So my question is, do you think the tester could be wrong and may have mistakenly diagnosed the problem as the diff when it's actaully the wheel bearing (no mention of wheel bearing in MOT advisory). Also, has anybody had diff issues before? I changed the oil today and there was no sign of any lumps of metal and everything looked ok through the drain and filler holes.
If it is the diff, how hard/expensive is it to fix, and how hard/expensive is it to come across a second hand diff?
Cheers,
Rossco.
I've owned my Forester for a couple of years now and it was recently taken for its MOT and it failed on a couple of things (easily sorted) however the tester issued an advisory saying the differential bearings were badly worn. Now the problem is I wasn't there at the time of it getting tested BUT I think that it is actually the rear wheel bearing that needs replaced (wheel has excessive movement when jacked up and wobbled). The noise it makes while driving is a rumbling, grating noise that increases with speed - sounds a bit like a train!
So my question is, do you think the tester could be wrong and may have mistakenly diagnosed the problem as the diff when it's actaully the wheel bearing (no mention of wheel bearing in MOT advisory). Also, has anybody had diff issues before? I changed the oil today and there was no sign of any lumps of metal and everything looked ok through the drain and filler holes.
If it is the diff, how hard/expensive is it to fix, and how hard/expensive is it to come across a second hand diff?
Cheers,
Rossco.