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My '85 turbo will act just like that if I blow a vacume line. If I blow 2 or more it will drop the idle down to 650-700RPM, but with only one off its up to 1700-2000RPM. I would look @ all of them( and dam are there a lot of 'em!) I have had to look for 10 or 15min. before to find the one that's off. It gives me the flat spot U are talking about too. Once I get the line(s) back on all is well agen. Hope that helps.

I have used cotter pins insted of roll pins in mine for about a year with no problems! I HATE roll pins. And the cotter pins will come out much eazyer;)

Uhhh....thanks for the input Fox, but I am working on an EA82T wagon(gess I should have made that more clear:-p ) I gess if I need to I could just make the new body to use cartrige struts from somthing other than EA82.

Oh yes, no 2 ways about it. It's eazyer to buy new ones, and cheeper. I just didn't know if U all knew how to get them apart or not:rolleyes: And U can put them back together, the "snap ring" I speak of is the spring type(no ears with holes) so all U have to do is put it back on the axle and then drive the axle back into the trunion. 10 years ago I was re-building CV's @ a shop, but back then the parts to do it wer cheeper than geting a new joint. And I sure as H3#L don't want to go back to doing that agen, VERY messy:-\

I would like to take this moment to point somthing out. The outer CV's on our front axles ARE servicable, they just have a snap ring retaner inside the splines that has to be over come in orde to service them, not to hard. A simple tool to make for them is to take a 2x4 and bore a hole in it just big enough to fit around the axle shaft. Now cut it in half, put the 2 halves together over the axle shaft and screw them together. Clamp that into a vice and (in a slide hamer fashon) pop off the outer CV.

Well...with cartrige stuts, when I do my lift I can make my oun NEW body for them insted of strut spacers. AND I can make the new body to use coil-over springs insted of the factory springs. The new body could be made from MUCH stronger stock than the OE units.

What is the atatchment? Do they screw in or clamp in? (the cartrige to the strut body that is) I bet somone out there can tell where I'm going with this allready:-p

COOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!

Are the front struts on an EA82 the cartrige style or a 1 pice? What about the EA81's and XT6's?

In the voice of Eric Cartman "Shweaaaaat!" Glad to se a mud tire on the spair rim now:headbang:

Good to know for those threds that get hijaked real bad, like the "Subaru disel?" thred.

I would love to get one for the front! (I have a welded rear) We need to find out if the one for R160 WILL fit in the front. If so then it would be a slam dunk!

Yes, U can do that. But U will need to keep the outer stub axle(CV housing) in place in order to keep the front tires on.

Hey Zap, do U think U could get 4 center caps and 8 lug nuts for pug alloys @ this shop U are talking about? I really neeeeeed them( have for almost a year now)

Yes, I'm making them. Shoot me an E-mail and we can talk desine, price, ect. You can check out my web site ( in my sig.) to see some pics of what Iv'e done.

My big question is: What about the brake lines? How do you remedy the length issue? Do I have to get new ones, or can the stock ones be re-located. I'm planing on a 2" or 3" lift on my turbo wagon (EA82T '85)

I can set U up with a nice rack, shiping shouldn't be to bad either. Shoot me an E-mail with your zip. and I can get U a price + shiping.

Reminton (made by Dunlap) is still making the "Mud brute" in a 27x8.50-14, and they are cheep. I have a set on my wagon and I love them!

Yeah, a nissan rear axle is WAY TOO EAZY! And I would like to keep all the main drive train stuff Subaru on my car. Not that it's a bad idea for some one els, just not for me;)

I'm kicking around the idea of doing my turbo wagon in "Duraback" in the dark blue. What do you all think? Any one use this stuff before?

What was that about "S-10 stub axles"! They fit the 930 joint, or the soob splines? Got some more for ya. Datsun 510 (blue bird) U-joint rear axles! I'm thinking that I will make a hybrid front axle that uses the stock outer CV, and the slip-joint and U-joint from the 510. I will use the 510 shfts on the back. Any one ever take mesurments from a VW rear trailing arm(IRS that is)? I'm wondering how far off they are from ours. They make 2x3 & 3x3 arms for the VW's:brow: Lower front "A" arms are eazy, but what about GOOD coilovers insted of the struts? More travel, and stronger. Might be lighter too;) I like cheep! It's just a mater of finding what will fit from the wreking yard with little or no modification.

No, not yet. But I do have my "Top secret" ways:brow:

I'm wachin' the "Subarubicon" vid. and I see somthin' that makes me wonder. Do U have an LSD up front!?! There are 3 diferent shots that look like U do. If so, HOW? Did U get a Phantom Grip made for it?

The only problems I see with the stock Subaru stuff is the DOJ's and the rear stubs on the dif. That's NOT to say that there isn't room for improvement every where. That is just the 2 BIG problems in the drive train that need help. I wan't my car to be a big time off road car, but I don't think that the 2nd transfer case is exatly what I want. I may end up there eventualy, but not till I run some of my other ideas to conclusion. My ideal set up is 2" body lift, and 3" suspention lift. With at least 8" of suspention travel. I think I will get there, but it may take a while.

I have a LOT of ideas banging around in my head that I thought I would share. U never know, some one might want to take one of these to compleation. 1: Using the front spindel off of a Toyota, Chevy, Nissan 4x4 w/6lug on the back of a Subaru. U would need the brakes and all, but it would give U 2 things. 6lug conversion, hubs that U can unlock( for a welded dif) and U could run a U-joint rear axle. 2: Longer rear trailing arms. Not to hard to make. Just need high angle CV's (see1&3) Would give more rear suspention travel and lift in the suspention insted of body lift. 3: flanges for 930 CV's Use on inner front, and inner and outer rear. This would give U a stronger CV that will work @ at higher angle. They could be made out of a set of stock DOJ's and the after market 930 CV flanges that are av. I know... I'm But hey, new ideas gota come from somwhere