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i cant tell you how many brand new axles ive got that had no greese in them at all none they clicked out of the box in the store ive litteraly opened the box twisted them by hand and gave them back to the guy at the counter and told him send it back its junk im not installing that in my car even went round and round with upper managment as the bad axles there trying to give me were replacement for axles that failed the store refused to reorder saying this one is brand new then i peeled it open and it had no greese they ordered me a new axle your best bet if you cant find a good used oem axle is to buy some quality silicone boots and greese and reboot the new aftermarket axle before it goes in to the car it will last alot longer one of my first jobs was rebuilding cv axles for pepboys ive rebuild more than my share of axles

I don't. Turbos have all metal headgaskets and stopleak won't help sealing a leak there. The subaru recommendation for conditioner was for NA cars that came with composite headgaskets.

2011 Impreza Outback Sport. Im going to get the car jacked up tomorrow and see if I can figure it out.

Local tuner likes FEQ heavy duty axles. He gets them from WorldPac ? if you can DIY at all, for sure, least risk/best value, is rebooted used OEM.

Aftermarket axles are a miss and hit. I have had reasonable luck with front axles from Advance and Autozone, but am having issues with new AZ axles now. I initially replaced both fronts on my Brat and they were fantastic. No shakes, noise or vibrations. This was about a month ago. However, I have done a lot of work on the Brat and must have put a hole in the outer boot of the right front axle. AZ ordered me a new one that I installed the day before yesterday. Now my car shakes. So I called them yesterday and they were real nice and ordered me another one. Will see how it goes. I wish I had just rebooted the initial new AZ axle instead of exchanging it for a new one. Once I dial these in, I should periodically regrease/reboot them in the future rather than replace them.

That's a good point - Gloyale (previous user name) works on subaru's every week and says he regreases all aftermarket axles as a rule of thumb. That's not their only issue, but he said they're lacking and/or the grease is low grade.

Still haven’t found the manuals. Maybe have some little wedges to support the skin as you go alone from one end to the other releasing the clips and stuffing a wedge in there to keep it from seating itself back in ?

Like if your caliper piston is stuck

They all have a propensity for issues. The only nearly 100% repeatable trustworthy solution is to reboot an OEM axle.

Made a discovery - In the wagons with the annoying power shoulder belts. If you leave the driver's door slightly open, the control system draws 160mA indefinitely, draining the battery over the course of a few days. Just another reason to replace them with manual ones.