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shootin' the shit / Re: Cars, Cars, Fucking CARS !!

« Last post by Fultonius on Today at 10:57:33 am »

As per JB, if braking makes it go down it's more likely to be bearings.

One thing you could try, at very minimal cost, is a diff fluid exchange and analysis. Should be easy enough DIY, and quite cheap at a garage.

Analysis can be free (look at oil, see if it's full of metal shiny particles/chunks etc.).

If you are planning on keeping it a while, worth doing gearbox oil at that age too. Manufacturers don't put gearbox oil in their service schedule, but it really isn't a "life long" fluid, unless you want the car life to equal the gearbox life...

If the diff was going, new fluid would shut it up for a while. If it then turns out to be bearings, your diff will last even longer.

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shootin' the shit / Re: only joking

« Last post by sherlock on Today at 10:57:25 am »

Bono and The Edge walk into a bar.
Bartender looks up
"Oh no! Not you two again!"

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shootin' the shit / Re: Cars, Cars, Fucking CARS !!

« Last post by Johnny Brown on Today at 10:49:27 am »

Sounds like the bearings to me. I've had two replaced in the last year or so on my Audi, would do it sooner rather than later as they are not expensive and replacements should see you out, while I had to pay for the epic labour to drill the corroded bolts out at 16 yrs/ 150k. The remaining two are now making similar noises as you describe but not as loud - they checked them for play at recent MOT and said they were fine.

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news / Re: significant repeats

« Last post by highrepute on Today at 10:46:43 am »

Is she not meant to be training for the Olympics?
Get her of Burden

Presumably this was a recovery ride on a rest day...

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music, art and culture / Re: TV/iplayer must watches

« Last post by TobyD on Today at 10:43:01 am »

Fool me Once I'm really enjoying this despite a storyline which stretches credulity at times. It's sufficiently compelling to keep me watching at least; Joanna Lumley is remarkably good at playing a nasty old matriarch. It's on Netflix.

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news / Re: Aurora

« Last post by SA Chris on Today at 10:40:54 am »

Also, never been so nervous about downloading files from a memory card ever before. Might do it one by one....

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beta - chuffing / Re: From a Distance - loose hold

« Last post by SiWitcher on Today at 10:26:37 am »

I'd recommend not putting sika on a Pembroke trad classic. For context, routes and entire cliffs at Pembroke fall over from time to time, like the Public Enemy area at St Govan's. All part of the fun. I don't know of any examples of holds being reinforced with sika at Pembroke previously - if they have been, the sculptor has probably kept quiet about it.

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power club / Re: Power Club 752 6 - 12 May 2024

« Last post by Nibile on Today at 10:10:12 am »

Power Club

Mon  - shoulder static holds, hell on earth, Ioved it. Bentover rows, high pulls.
Tue - AM as usual; PM board climbing, did the problem I'd set the previous session, then set and climbed another one. Board fitness increased by 100%, this inevitably means that problems' difficulty must have decreased by 100%, because the glass is always, always half empty. Back work.
Wed - DL 531 week 4. Training max 138 kg. TRX.
Thu - AM as usual; PM shoulder static holds heavy.
Fri - AM as usual; PM GM 5x5 110kg with pause, bentover rows.
Sat - AM as usual.
Su - regular weights.

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shootin' the shit / Re: Cars, Cars, Fucking CARS !!

« Last post by spidermonkey09 on Today at 10:02:03 am »

My Subaru Legacy has developed a very loud jet engine type noise. It drives completely fine but above about 30mph a whine develops which gets louder and louder the faster you go. It is worst around 60mph and then dies off a bit about 70. Its just about ignorable when driving but apparently for rear passengers its fairly deafening. Internet research/asking knowledgeable friends suggests this is likely to be either the rear diff or wheel bearings. The latter seem particularly bad on Subarus, but there is no discernable change in the pitch of the noise when I change lanes/ go round corners. However I'm not sure whether this would be as noticeable in the rear bearings as the front. There is also no change in the pitch/volume when I shift into neutral. As I brake the noise decreases.

Obviously I would prefer it to be the bearings as the expense of replacing a diff is likely to be more than the car is worth. Anyone got any suggested methods of diagnosis that I can do without getting the car on a lift? Is it worth taking a punt on it being the bearings and getting them done? Will changing the diff oil make any difference to the noise?

Currently my plan is just to drive it til something breaks and ignore the noise but I feel like it might be worth the gamble of spending a bit more money on it as its only done 110k miles and has hopefully been reasonably looked after as it has a full service history. All input appreciated!

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news / Re: significant repeats

« Last post by lukeyboy on Today at 09:57:29 am »

She made that look frighteningly straightforward