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Long range for cast has rain on Tuesday. After that sunshine through Sunday. I might need to leave the mudders home (except I don't have anything else).

All right, now I understand more. Tell me are you trying to pull an EA82 hub off or an EJ22 (or EJ18 or EJ25) hub off. Might be different reasons for why it's so hard to remove.

The clutch adjustment tends to tighten up as the clutch disk wears out. Two ways to do it: At the clutch fork adjust for 1/8" to 1/2" of play. At the clutch pedal you should have 1/2" to 1" of play. I usually adjust at the clutch fork and monitor the pedal play and adjust whenever necessary. Someone's previous comment about it needing adjustment more often just after replacing a clutch or cable is correct. Don't let the adjustment go since that will cause the clutch to slip and cost you premature wear of the clutch disk. I don't know why your car should feel sluggish or lack power unless the adjustment is so far out that the clutch is slipping all the time. Better check it now.

I guess this would go under Body Exterior for want of a better place. Anyway, I found a good cleaner to get rid of the brake pad dust that just clings to the alloy rims. It's not found in your auto parts store, but you'll find it at most supermarkets. It's called Zap Professional Tub and Tile cleaner (or any variation of that). Spray it on your wheels and let it sit for about 10 minutes, then hose it off. Really stubborn stuff you might have to wipe off with a wet cloth, but I just cleaned a really ugly set of alloy rims in less than 30 minutes with most of that time spent letting it soak in.

Yea, the list is kind of vague with that FWD mention, but it looks like I can't use my spare Legacy rebuild for the Impreza.

Some people hammer them on with an impact tool as well as a thread locker. 200 ft. lbs is okay, but more than that is just un-necessary. Good luck getting it off. I have broken a couple of 1/2" breaker bars that way (luckily they were Craftsman and a free replacement). One of these days I might consider a 3/4" breaker bar.

Thanks for the link to the site you mentioned. Funny, every site I have and used lists the axles in question along with a price, BUT NO PART NUMBERS!

Correct there is no maximum. Castle nut is 36mm and not 34. Anyway, I never bother with the torque wrench for that one; as tight as I can make it works for me.

Is the vibration on acceleration and then goes away when you let off on the gas and coast? Chronic symptom for a bad inner (DOJ) joint on the axle. CVJ doesn't vibrate, it clicks when it's bad. This is the unfortunate case with re-mans. I've had better luck with "selected" used axles from Pull a Part; price is better and at least I can return it within 30 days if it's a POS. I've bought re-mans from cvaxles.com and had good success with them; recently I bought two from MWE in Colorado and the first one is just fine (second one is waiting for the other PAP boot to let go). Only problem I have with the PAP axles is the boots don't last as long as I'd like and make the low cost of the axle less attractive.

What's the part number for a '90 to '94 N/A and AWD Legacy?

My apologies to Porcupine; I really screwed up my questuion. Also, all my cars are non-turbo, AWD, and manual transmission. So from the p/n's he mentions, the spare axle I pulled from a '95 Legacy at PAP should fit my '97 Impreza. And the spare rebuilt axle I bought recently from MWE won't work. But I doubt it's the spline count. I think I'll be counting them tomorrow just for laughs. Thanks.

My error; we have a '91 Legacy wagon and a '97 Impreza L wagon. I was more confused than I thought. Must have been all the sun:lol: .

Of course I find a torn boot on labor day weekend when everyone is closed. Anyway, I found a torn boot on our '97 Impreza wagon while working on it today. I happen to have a spare rebuilt axle for our '91 Legacy from MWE sitting on my shelf but I'd rather not pull the Impreza axle until I know I can replace it properly. I THINK they are the same axle, but I'm not sure. Both cars are AWD manual transmission cars. Edit: For those late to read this; I originally posted '97 Legacy instead of Impreza. I also didn't include that both wagons were non-turbo models. Sorry for my carelessness. Thanks to grossgary for noticing the error and porcupine73 for figuring it out anyway.

'96 MODEL year EJ22 is non-interference. '97 MODEL year EJ22 is an interference engine. My '97 Impreza was built in 10/96 but is a '97 model; hence it is an interference engine.

This is what I found on the weber shop; they had a second shop in Auburn; maybe the Fife location closed. http://www.carburetion.com/

There's a weber shop in Fife that likely has the parts you need and can identify them for you. Bow Wow auto parts in Lynnwood has the lowest price on the adapter plate that I've seen.

Next event by Oregon Rally Group will be Sept. 9th in Hillsboro, OR. Details can be found at http://www.oregonrally.com/Event_Detail.cfm?EventID=512 Looks like the week before will start off with a bit of rain! http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Hillsboro%2C+OR

Nothing wrong with used Silverstones. Lots of us use them; no longer suitable for the "big guns" but great for a few more seasons of rallycross.

O2blur posted some great videoclips on nasioc. You'll need quicktime. http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1331341&page=3

So what kind of tires are you getting?

Why do you feel it's easier? I need a ferry ride as well as about 2-1/2 hours to get to the Port Angeles ferry dock. I can be in Tsawassen in about 2-1/2 hours and have never spent more than 45 minutes at the Truck Crossing adjacent to the Peace Arch location and that was unusual. I'm not trying to create an argument here, but can you expand on it a bit more. I'm not sure if that weekend is free for me yet, but I'd certainly come up for it if I could. I don't plan on bringing my mud tires but hope to have a nice set of rally tires mounted by then. Any information your friend Jay has on classes, if any, would be appreciated. I run a pretty stock '97 Impreza L with fancy tires which puts me into Prepared AWD class down here.

Can you post the information on the Mt. Washington event. If the timing is right you might drag me up there to play.

Took a walk through the Tacoma PAP last Friday. A half dozen EA82's, three EA81's, and three early legacies. Also the remains of a white full-time AWD RX. Rear diff is gone (of course) but I think the transmission is still there. Also a number of parts unique to that car; it might share a rear bumper with the XT?

Also has the advantage of being a non-interference engine as opposed to your '97. Just check that it's an EJ22 for that price; some '96's still came with the EJ18. Nothing wrong with an EJ18 (better gas mileage and more shifting) but it would lower the price a bit over an EJ22.

There's more in my photo gallery: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/photos/showgallery.php?cat=1045 JRach took this of me driving my wife's car.