So if the angle gear only serves as conversion for the rear wheels and a pass through for the front right it could be very likely that the transmission is bad still? I guess that would make sense as the noise does seem to be emanating from the transmission itself and not underneath the car towards t...

I really appreciate the input guys. I'm sure a lot of you have been there before but this has me really stressed out having a newborn and all. After getting the car into the garage and on jackstands I was able to remove all the wheels and really see what's going on. As in the video you can see the p...

I can snap a couple pictures in a few hours when it's light out again. It is a very nasty noise. What's strange to me is that if it's transmission or differential why it makes such a sound bringing the wheels to a stop under braking. That being said I can spin the wheels pretty freely by hand. I'll ...

Hello everyone, While it bums me out to make my introductory post asking for opinions I really need some outside perspective on this. I just had my first child and had a Subaru that was not to slowly dying on me. Long story short I picked up a 98 V70 XC parts beater (thought it might have been savea...