gratefuldude

Thanks for replying dude Anyways: 97 impreza outback, MT. The problem I am encountering is: while removing the 4 12mm nuts/bolts, I am unable to twist the shaft around, to access two of said bolts. It looks like i have to remove a steel plate being held in with 6 14mm bolts to be able to drop the shaft as well. With this being on wheel ramps, it is looking like it is next to impossible to get these 4 12mm bolts all off.

ok. So remove it from the rear differential is what you are saying?

OK I got the car on ramps(rear wheels) Removed the center piece bolts, the shafts are now hanging in a V formation. For the life of me I can not get the halves seperated. Is there a trick to this?

I am a 5spd manual tranny. I could do the cinder blocks thing. no way to worm this thing out easy huh?

I would assume the difference is small, and the same tool should work.

Hey guys, I snapped my u joint on my sooby. I am in the process of getting a whole new assembly, but I need to remove the old one etc... I have 1 jack, and 1 jack stand. Trying to locate ramps, but not all to easy where I live. What is the EASIEST way to get this old shaft out so i can easily swap in a new one. Any help would be great. Looks like I would benefit by dropping exhaust...thats about as far as I have gotten. Also: how moveable is the car with the drive shaft out?

found a rack down in PA, im in NY, 35 bucks. guys gonna ship it to me... problem solved. thanks for the help guys:clap:

thanks for the advice i got so many issues right now, the last thing i need is to make more! just found out i got a p0440 too...........UGH

the consensus for the cheap route is not looking good

i would have figured one of the smaller hoses.... easy enough, thanks man

another thing while im here today...... anyone inject seafoam through a throttle body on a 2.2? i got a cat smell, and a code. i used to use seafoam on my old jetta to clear it out. which hose is the right one to suck seafoam into the tb?

thats no good..............

on my 97 impreza outback, started noticing a clicking noise over bumps. got under it, and it felt like a bad inner. bought the tierods etc....went to replace............... not tie rods. tis the rack. one of the bushings is shot, and when i removed the boot, power steering fluid dumped out. so: racks are pricey. im cheap. I saw some rebuild kits online, and I am wondering how tough it is to rebuild the rack? Anything special I need? Anyone done this before?

haha just went out, unplugged the single wire sensor.....and well: gauge didnt shoot up. plugged it back in: gauge shot up. ordered new sensor from rockauto. should have it in a few days. thanks again, im betting dollars to donuts this takes care of the problem.

DOH! I suck sometimes. I replaced the ECU one. The 30 dollar one. Suck. The one your discussing is pretty much next to the ECU one....has one wire plugged into it... im going to get on this tomorrow...will post back when i learn more info.. Thanks fairtax