juneballoon

So I took down the cross member and tranny mount on a 97 legacy to change the shift linkage bushings. As if that job wasn't a pain in the rump roast already, I ran into some trouble putting it all back together. When I was putting the cross member back up (the one in the front of the tranny held up by 2 17mm bolts) I tightened the left one without a problem and when I was tightening the right one I must have cross threaded it. The 17mm bolt goes through the cross member, through a hole in the frame and then threads into a nut welded on the inside of the frame. Since the bolt was cross threaded I over torqued it and snapped the weld off the nut on the inside of the frame. The bolt and nut now both spin loosely and the cross member bangs around when I drive. I can't get to the nut because its on the inside of the frame and there is no opening to access it. If anyone understands what the hell I just said please let me know how to fix it. Thanks.

hit it with the torch for a minute being careful not to let too much heat transfer down the shaft. jammed a screw driver up in there and was able to twist the bastard about a centimeter. i kept twisting it back and forth until it got a little bit looser and after another half hour of hitting it with a 3 pound sledge it finally came off. job complete... thanks guys!!!

yes thats exactly the piece!!! i took everything apart which wasnt as much as i expected, disconnected all the linkage, knocked the roll pin out (2 roll pins actually, a small one inside a bigger one) and now the new problem. i cant bang that damn thing off the shaft. i ended up getting that whole piece in the picture shown above except i cant get the old one off. i wish i was at the shop so i could hit it with the torch and air chisel. i spent a good 2 hours hitting the thing with a 3 pound sledge and it didnt budge an inch. has anyone ever tried using the little crappy hand held propane torches they sell at like autozone? do those get hot enough to heat this thing up?

i need to replace both sets of bushings in the adaptor. one set i can get to by removing the 12 mm bolt and nut (that one is on the linkage side of the adaptor) The other set of bushings is on the trans side of the adaptor. in order to replace them i need to remove the dowel pin which i believe needs to be pressed out or cut. in order to do that im going to need to remove the whole adaptor and in order to do that i need to remove it from the gear shaft. im going to the guys house to look at it now. ill let you guys know exactly what happens when i get back

yea one bushing has a bolt and the other one has the dowel pin. since im doing this job at the customers house and not at a shop i dont have access to an air-hammer or a lift. im just gonna jack it up, drop the cross member, disconnect the linkage and as far as the roll pin goes im just gonna drill the whole thing out, slide it off the shaft and replace it with all junkyard parts. when i have to slide the adaptor or "boss" as its called by alldata back onto the gear selector shaft i will just drill it out as well and slide a bolt through it. thanks for the advice guys...

the bushings on the adaptor side are shot too. i gotta replace all 4

Hey. im a tech working on my buddys 97 legacy awd 2.2. He is having a problem with a lot of play in the shifter (5 speed standard transmission). even when the car is shifted into gear you can still wobble the shifter back and forth as if it were in neutral. i went underneath the car and it looks like the shift linkage bushings are shot. in order to get to them i need to take down the linkage and in order to do that i need to knock out the roll pin on the gear selector shaft coming out of the trans. is there an easy way to do this without having to drop the cross member and tranny mounts or is it as dificult as i think to do the job. also it looks like the drive shaft might get in the way once i get under there. after all this bull sh*t i hope that solves the problem. if any one can give me advice on an easy way to pull the linkage please let me know. im new to the subaru scene and i just want to fix my boys car so i can get paid. THE RECESSION IS KICKING MY rump roast!!! thanks for your help