"Lumpy Cornering" I couldn't think of any other way to describe it

I picked up my Legacy GT at the weekend and all in all am very pleased with it. Bodywork is great and it don't 'arf shift !

Now, I had this problem on an automatic Legacy before. In a straight line it's absolutely fine. Pulls hard and no unusual noises. When turning a corner, say at a T-junction, it doesn't want to move. It's very lumpy and really struggles to get round beit left or right. Once in a straight line again - no probs.

I stuck the old Legacy into a gearbox specialist before and they sorted it but I can't remember what it was. It was something located in the region of the handbrake, under the car. It cost me a fortune that time because they spent ages trying to figure it out and charged me for that time of course. I know it was nothing to do with the rear diff. anyway.

Can anyone shine some light on it for me ? I'm sure it's a common fault but being new to Subarus I've not had a chance to bone up on them that much yet.

Thanks chaps

 

Auto's don't have a centre diff, the car is front wheel drive with rear drive engaged via a clutch pack at the rear of the gearbox that sends torque to the rear wheels if there is any slip at the front, its electronically controlled and the clutch is set to its stiffest in first gear, softer in second and so on, if the clutch is engaged too heavily then you will get axle windup in tight turns (the front wheels follow a larger radius and longer path than the rears) and a locked clutch will fight this. So I suspect that was the problem they fixed with the first car (The clutch pack is in the rear of the gearbox just under the handbrake).

Simon