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Do you mean the nut has rounded corners or the that the seat of the nut has a fillet which requires the socket to have a rounded edge? Thanks! Will-

Hmm, well I guess I'll find out when I get in there. Maybe it's different depending on year?

What service specific tools are needed for taking apart the main and pinion shafts in the 5mt? I saw GD mention a 36mm socket that has an OD of no more then 45.5mm but does anyone know how long the thin wall section needs to be? Anything else? Thanks! Will-

I resurfaced the flywheel in my '96 OBW and took off about the same, 40 thou if I recall. Got rid of all the chatter and 10k later it hasn't returned, fingers crossed it stays that way. I don't know how much this matters in practice, but this was the first flywheel I had resurfaced so I did a bunch of reading beforehand to see if there was anything special I should know. I read several articles about how important having very little runout is, like .002 is all that is acceptable, so I made sure to indicate the surface real good before I took any cuts. You might check it on a surface plate if you have one handy and haven't already put it back on.

That's too bad they're junk. I got all excited that they brought the bed hooks back. If they threw some wind wings on there, I'd really have a tough time saying no.

I didn't see this, that's your problem. Drill them out with a 9/16ths

How about burrs, did you deburr the holes?

Are you sure your holes are in the right place? If they aren't and you keep making the holes bigger until they fit, then you'll end up with studs that are not centered in the hole which could be a problem.

coxy, Thanks for the tip, I'll look into that. I'm not too worried if it doesn't work out though, this box shifts really easily into and out of every gear. That's part of the reason I want to try and salvage it, aside from the noise, it works flawlessly. Will-

gbhrps, Thanks for the tip on the fluid. I have read several posts about different "snake oils" and I thought about giving one of them a shot. But it seems that for every success story there is a horror story. Either way it's a moot point I suppose as I'll be ripping it apart this weekend. On a side note, I LOVE those old MG's. I dated a girl just after high school that had an early 70's MGB (chrome bumpers if that helps date it). It was her dad's. He bought as a barn find and paid to have it restored. Mere months after the completion of the restoration, an electrical fire sparked in his garage and it burnt to the ground taking the MG with it. He used the insurance money to restore it again instead of rebuilding the garage!! Gotta love that kind of dedication. Funny thing was, he never really wanted to drive it. He let his daughter drive it almost exclusively. We drove that car everywhere. To make this side note even longer, just after we broke up a buddy of mine started doing construction and needed a pickup. I had one that I just used as transportation so we switched vehicles for about a year. His car was a '72 fiat spider. I know what everyone thinks about fiats, but man did I have a good time in that car. It could handle like crazy in the twisties. Poor man's Alfa!! Someday I'll be getting one or both of those cars and doing my own restoration (and/or a volvo p1800 wagon) as I have many many fond memories in each. Will-

How 'bout jacking up the suspect wheel seeing if it rocks as rudimentary wheel bearing check?

Well yes, it would be easier for me to locate a used trans as well. But I'm not really after easy. Everything I've ever learned about fixing anything be it cars or anything else has been because when it broke I did my best to fix it. So here's my first trashed trans in a car and I want to take a whack at fixing it. Ok so maybe not my first trashed trans, but the first one I've had while being properly equipped to try and repair it. If it doesn't work out, JY (or USMB) here I come. But I either have, can borrow, or can make any tools I need for this job so I'd like to give it a shot.

'96 OBW, 5spd, 199K So the bearings on the main shaft of my trans have seen better days. It's making a lot of noise, but so far it's just been noise. I haven't been having a hard time shifting or having it pop out of gear or any other bad behavior. I plan on replacing the bearings (front and rear) on the main shaft using Gloyale's excellent write up on front seal replacement as a guide (with the FSM for additional help), but I can't get to it for another few weeks. I can take this car off the road until I do the work, but it would really suck as I have a 100 mile round trip commute and the current backup vehicle gets 12 mpg ('86 chevy scottsdale). So my question is, how much damage am I doing to the other interior parts of the trans? I know that loose bearings are hard on gears, but are we talking degradation in a matter of a few miles or is this like a TO bearing that can go on rattling like crazy for 50k miles? I know that the smart thing to do would be to buy a JY unit instead of trying to fix this one, but then I wouldn't learn anything would I? If it doesn't work out, it's not like the car then melts or anything, I can still go the used trans route. But that's the beauty of owning your car, you can do whatever you damn well please and you're the only one who has to live with your mistakes! Thanks! Will-

Nice looking car! Soooo after you finish the lift, Hella lights on the bumper and a black racing strips down the middle?

This might make for some good reading for you... http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=49241&highlight=front+diff

Run, don't walk, to the patent office!! seriously though, that is clever. Sure beats shoveling the whole thing as that driveway doesn't look short! Will-

Sweet! Whatcha gonna do with it?

I'll be tackling this myself soon, http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=90182&

This both their strongest and weakest point. The Napa where I lived in Oakland had EVERYTHING it seemed like. The napa I live near now doesn't carry squat for non-American makes. In fact, nobody around me really does (at least for subaru), if it's slightly obscure it's either the dealer (who always has to order) or online. Ahhh hickville!

Maybe another iac treatment? is the pcv one of those "dealer only" items?

Where'd you get the CAD of the subaru stuff or did you make it yourself?

Great looking project! Man I wish I had a shop like that. Sure beats laying plywood down on gravel like I'm doing now! Ah well, one of these days I'll get around to paving it. Will-

Yeah, that's going to be a tough one to find locally. Long metric bolts of the size and pitch used in autos is not an easy thing to find off the shelf. Get Davebugs to tell you the diameter of the bolt (m10? m12?) and get a measure on how long it needs to be then you might be able to find one on Mcmaster.com or Grainger.com or MSCdirect.com all of which would ship faster then the dealer. Good Luck!

Nice looking project. You should start your own thread here, http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=28

Oh nonsense! if you can read English, you can work on cars. Besides, sounds like you don't have a lot to loose by trying right?