well, now I know what the trouble this summer was I guess...

[psiu]

CV joint...crapped out in Grand Rapids on our way back to Detroit after the TSO concert.Most god-awful noises ever from under a car I have ever heard. Literally though we were dragging the tranny, or possibly the whole engine.Topic from the summer: http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=29486A friend of mine suggested CV joint too, but I ended up taking it to the shop and they didn't find anything. Hmmph.

[psiu]

Well, ended up being the whole right front axle.Total including the tow was under $500. Though add on taxi, rental car, and gas and that's quite a bit more.Hopefully nothing else is damaged too much from this, but time will tell.

[Sublimewind]

So all that mess from an axle shaft, did it go completely without warning?? It must have....I know on my brothers Subaru we just replaced a Half shaft that you could SEE the CV bearings and you could hear it making noise as it was out of balence.. It was a rather simple fix, but if you don't do that kind of work, I guess you gotta pay someone for it... All in all, I thing we spent 60$ to replace this one on the Subie, but it's also a 97' and not a VIbe.... Glad to hear you got it fixed... makes me wonder the mode of failure on your though...