trentet

OK, so I dug into it this weekend and yep it was the right CV. It had a half inch slit in the boot and all the grease did a Houdini on me. so I pulled out my spare CV and went to put it on hoping the knuckle would just slide off with the bearings and seals intact as they weren't that old. I had done a full rebuild under a year before. Nope the inner stayed on the CV and refused to budge for a good hour. Reason I cared was I needed it done this weekend and wanted the inner grease seal cause no one in my area stocked that part. My local Autozone has the outer seal and the bearings in house but don't stock the inner for some retarded reason. So I tried to reuse the seal. No go. It got all dorked in the removal effort. So I ordered that after I went to do the rear brake shoes and discovered a leaking brake cyclinder. No one in the region stocks that either so I ordered the seal and two new cylinders. I then worked on the wifes 2003 Legacy outback wagon as it had dropped 2 bolts on the drivers side window mechanism. I recovered and replaced the bolts but got covered in that black tar goo they seal the plastic with. Acetone seems to remove it eventually but it burns in all the cuts I recieved doing the suspension on my 91 loyale. Overall a fun filled weekend. Next I need to work on the fuel shutoff solenoid on my 92 International school bus. Yay!

It's not a rebuild, it's a new manufacture which I've actually had good luck with. Their rebuilds are total crap and I've had them fail in under a month but this new one has lasted longer than the Suby genuine replacement rebuilds

Thanks, I've had several CV's go on me and none felt like this but that doesn't mean it's still not a cv/bearing issue. I'll get in there and take a look this weekend. I've pretty much parked it for now and am waiting on some new brake parts anyway so why not replace a cv while I'm at it. I have a new one from autozone just sitting there waiting for this eventuallity.

I have a new one for my 91 Loyale wagon. It's a 4WD with 5 speed manual tranny and NO TURBO! and I have seen my share of the typical probs over the years. What with owning an 87 DL 3 door for 5 years and then 2 of the 91 loyales in matching champagne paint jobs, I've changed my share of brakes and cv axles. This prob is new. I get an intermittent steering wheel pull to the right as I'm cruising along. At first it started at low speeds usually as I was decelerating in gear. but now when I'm motoring along at 55 not accelerating at all I get these little tweak pulls to the right. I'm wondering if it's the Differential locking up intermittently or what? I am somewhat confused by this one. I have a bad Power steering pump that is able to hold no fluid so I have been ignoring it in place. My first thought was that it may be getting some remnants of fluid but why would it input a steering jerk in one direction if it wasn't being turned that way. I am stymied. I looked through the search function and didn't find anything on this but I have to admit I don't live on these boards enough to say I know them like the back of my hand. Any help would be appreciated, Thanks, Sincerely Trent T

That's exactly what I was looking for chef_tim. Thank you very very much, and thank you for the kind offer StormTrooper but I think I would like to have my own as I have three subis to care for. WHOOHOOO COOOL BEANIES!!!

I own a complete set of shop manuals from subaru for my loyale and saw the picture of the tool, but unless the dealership was around in 85 when it came out they probably weren't issued the durn thing. I even have a tool part number but I seriously doubt I could get one new from subaru for less than the worth of my actual vehicle itself. I think I will fab one up from a piece of steel tube, steel plate and an old castlated nut. Trent

Can anyone tell me where to find a rear bearing lock ring socket, I would rather not use a drift pin and have to muck up the lock ring. I took one sub assy to a Subaru dealership to repair and they used a drift pin cause they didn't have the special tool from Subaru either, do I need to fabricate one myself or what? Trent