Ah yep. I've had that exhaust break there. Just one bolt breaks and it
starts dragging on one of the rear axles. That's more of a scraping sound
(like brakes) than a grinding sound like a bearing though.
Levi

On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 8:12 AM, pontiaccat69 <pontiaccat69@...> wrote:

> I just got my baby back from the mechanic and all the wheel bearings
> were fine.It turns out that the exaust was broke in 2 places.The guy
> we got it from said it was a blown gasket in front of the catyletic
> converter,guess he didnt check it out as good ss i thought he did.Well
> the pipe was rubbing on the drive shaft making that metal to metal
> sound,combine that with real noisy tires and it sounds like a
> bearing.I fixed the exaust and now as long as your in the snow its as
> quiet as can be.These noisy tires will get changed out in the spring
> but will keep them around for next winter because they give excelent
> traction in this slipery Michigan snow.At $3000+$300 in repairs this
> car was a steal,worth twice that much in my opinion,even with high
> mileage.
>
> I love my impreza,
> Ed
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