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  1. 99lego
    Holy ballz of a build! What trans/rear end combo are you currently running?
  2. 99lego
    Best of luck to you in tracking down and solving this issue. It's plagued my Phase II 2.2 for quite some time and I've thrown the world at it trying to figure it out. My solution thus far has been dropping her into 4'th and pushing the skinny pedal to the floor until she evens out.
  3. 99lego
    Calipers were good. The pads were seized in the holders. It should go: Taxes, Rust, Death.
  4. 99lego
    Cold enough for you to take her out and spin her around?
  5. 99lego
    So after replacing the rear bearing everything was totally gravy for a few days. Then once I tried to take her to town from the mtn. I only made it ~15 miles at highway speeds before the SAME SYMPTOMS returned. Vibrations from the rear, heat from the same hub (right rear), and bad shaking which gets worse at higher speeds. Hanging caliper? Who's got some ideas?
  6. 99lego
    This is my second JDM 4.11 Trans. The previous one 'naded due to seal failure. I scored a set of rears for $120 from the wrecking yard. Will report back with findings after install.
  7. 99lego
    So if the hub is smoked should I replace the spindles as well?
  8. 99lego
    Violent shaking throughout like a bad u-joint or seized hub? All the center diffs i've smoked have been very evident with lurching at wheel lock / cornering.
  9. 99lego
    It's a direct from Japan JDM 4.11 replacement.
  10. 99lego
    I replaced the 5MT on my 99 Lego. Drove fine with the usual rear wheel bearing hum and grind for about 30 miles. There was an intermittent shake/vibration from the rear and then it became a full blown unbalanced load in the washer. My bet is seized hub. Any thoughts from those gurus? Will it be safe to drive ~6 miles across town to my lift? Thanks!
  11. 99lego
    Well...... I pulled the clutch and examined the TO bearing, both turned out to be totally fine. Drained and filled the gear oil. Growl is significantly diminished. Was continuing to beat the life out of her on a daily basis ~300 mi. per week mainly highway (3000' elevation gain and loss each way) with a lot of time in 4'th and 5'th. Then......4'th begins to slip. and I started treating her marginally better but still continued the same commute. Most recently she has developed an intermittent shrill sound, very high pitched and variable, in 4'th and 5'th and just generally feels very unsafe while in gear at highway speeds. She's still doing OK 1'st - 3'rd but I'm looking towards parting / scrapping her come the end of Sept. Mainly because I'm over
  12. 99lego
    I'll pull the clutch and examine. Clutch has less than 30k on it. The JDM 5-speed is the her third transmission. My last junk yard trans made it 12k, had no 2'd gear, and toasted that clutch. The OEM trans grenaded the center diff. (Very hard to locate one divorced from the tranny) but was an easy fix. Lasted 180k before she went out. I'm partial to this JDM 4.11. It's been strong and I think it's worth repairing. I just hope the OEM parts are a direct replacement to the JDM ones that are coming off.
  13. 99lego
    ^ I have to dig up the video of Mudrat removing the OEM top hats off some lego springs. Hilarious.
  14. 99lego
    ^ Thanks for the input. Tomorrow I'll park it in the yard and weigh in on it's fate.
  15. 99lego
    Thanks for reply! This is a JDM 5-MT. Hasn't slipped a gear yet. I'm on the fence between fixing the problem and keeping her on the road or cannibalizing the lift and mudrat bumper off her and starting over with a "new" legacy. Regardless I'd probably fix the trans and keep it too for the "new" one.
  16. 99lego
    Hello all! I've been experiencing some really awful sounds as of recent with my 99 Legacy. The 5-speed is pushing 28's and has been for the last 125k (car has 225k on her). The noise is absent whenever the clutch is fully depressed but upon releasing it there is a sound akin to that of a baseball card stuck in the spokes of a bicycle (but much more metalic and hellacious). I suspect clutch as it has been getting a little hot and smelly. Help, advice, and such is greatly appreciated. Cheers!
  17. 99lego
    Stellar write up! Still looking for others out there who've done this, or are planning to do one.
  18. 99lego
    ^ yah.....what he said
  19. 99lego
    You can't do this on a Phase II style trans..... WTF the quote option worked fine here..... ???
  20. 99lego
    Dont know why it didn't quote you here....the new forum is garbage compared to the older versions of USMB IMHO... Anyways this is a quote from that dude with the grenaded Phase II: Thanks for all the great advice. I'm currently looking into buying a unit from a junk yard. This is me: Good luck! Phase II center diff's are rarely divorced from trannies! If you can find one you'll likely grenade a gear down the road. I'd start looking into a new tranny.
  21. 99lego
    ^ Great info for Forester / Imp platorms! Thanks! Anyone care to chime in with info for Leg / OB platforms?
  22. 99lego
    ^ So what all was involved with getting that in?
  23. 99lego
    With a 3.9 final drive it seems the most logical way to do this would be find a donor '04 STi (5x100 hubs) and gearbox. Unclear on what driveshaft is going to work with this.
  24. 99lego
    Hey all! I've been poking around the site searching for info on 6-Speed swap. I'm trying to find out who has paired a 6-Speed to their EJ motors and what all it entailed. In the mean time...
  25. 99lego
    Howdy folks. Looking for a lead on a good shop near Upperville, VA....as the described in the title. I've got a friend making a move to FL in 9 days and he heads are cooked. Her car's a 94 legacy. Thanks for all your help.
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