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kilgore

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  1. If you initially wanted the FRM than I apologize, but this wasn't made clear.

     

    I had the exact same problems you had with your HGs. I did mine last winter (w/o pulling the engine) with a Hayne's manual (which was super helpful) and the USRM from this site. Although a factory service manual is nice, it isn't necessary and there are some procedures that are made more complicated than they really are.

     

    It's not a very complicated process, and should take you a weekend if you have all the parts. Get the felpro gasket kit, they don't require retorquing - you do not want to have to pull the engine apart twice - and have most everything you need. Get a 10mm ratcheting box end wrench to get at the valve cover bolts if yer leaving the eng. in the car.

    Read up and then read up some more and then give 'er. Be super careful cleaning the aluminum block mating surface. There are numerous threads on this.

     

    I found this helpful as well.

    http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=55920

  2. Just go buy a manual - they are worth their weight in gold. There are a number of different sections of a manual needed in order to do the HGs and once you have your engine open there are a number of things to look for to make sure your engine is slap-happy.

    Judging by your previous posts you are new to your car, a manual will save you from posting here every time you need help and will keep the gurus from getting annoyed with you... A $15 manual and the 'Search' command are your best friends.

  3. I had the same set up. The foglights were mounted on the underside of the bumper until they were smashed off. My relay is mounted on the front side of the drivers' side strut mount beside the coolant reservoir.

    The relay circuit draws from the parking lights (corner lights on my car) and are powered directly from the battery through an in-line fuse. There is a single wire to the lights which is spliced at the bumper. I upgraded the relay so that each light has it's own power.

  4. Once you have it moving you're just about there. I took the load off by putting a jack under the control arm and jumped on a really long pry bar instead of hammering. Hammer a fat flat-head screwdriver in the pinch joint (making sure not to impede the removal of the joint).

    It'll come.

  5. Recently installed some sachs struts on the loyale - parts guy couldn't guarantee the '50% off sale' KYBs would fit, so they gave me the sachs' for the same price. The struts appear to have given a bit of a lift to the car! Even random folks are asking if I lifted it. I didn't measure the clearance before installation, but side by side they appeared equal for the most part.

    I now have 12" to the centre of the control arm bolt and 11" to the centre of of the hub (14 pugs with 195/65's). So basically there's a 1" difference between the centre of the axle castle nut and the control arm to crossmember bolt.

    Curious to see what other owners measure this to be on their stock 4x4 suspension, might be an easy way to get some boost for those looking for a slight lift.

  6. I froze new bearings and drifted them in with a brass punch, worked very nicely, thanks!

     

    Still getting clunking on both accel/deceleration and in neutral.

    a new axle didn't help. so far i have replaced the balljoints, bearings, seals, strut, cone washer and axle - i've torqued and retorqued the castle nut to 145-150 ft-lb to no effect. The spring washer's correctly oriented.

    Could the hub splines have been damaged - the wheel bearings were quite bad?

  7. Recently did the front, passenger side wheel bearings and seals on my Loyale. After, I was getting popping sounds from that corner when gearing down. Took the hub apart and found that the inner seal was mangled. I looked at Nugs' post:http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=77491

    There appears to be a difference in the orientation of the new and old outer seals. (Or are they different seals?)

     

    1. Which side of the outer seal is supposed to face the bearings? The flat side or the lip side?

     

    2. Somebody else pressed the bearings in for me, if they were pressed by the centre race could this damage the bearings enough to get this popping sound?

    Thank you.

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