TheMeatWagon

Nevermind I got it off. I think tomorrow I'll had to the PAP yard. Now I'm trying to get the axle off from the diff side and have the worlds most screwed up spring pin. Both sides are chewed to hell so I can't get a punch to seat anywhere and the more I try the worse it gets.

I got all the 17mm bolts off and the lower strut bolt. It's ready to come except that brake line. Do you take it out from the back of the hub or up above the top part where it mounts to the arm? I can't get a wrench to get any grip on the back of the hub at the little nut.

Cool I'll do that when I get home. The Lynnwood PAP yard is about half an hour from me and it has oh so many rust free subies just waiting to be stripped. Hubs and axles and interiors galore. Should be much cheaper and easier to get a wheel bearing that works just fine.

I went to order a bearing online just now and it'd be about a hundred bucks. Not worth it to me when I can go to the PAP yard and just get a new hub for 30 bucks I think. The wagon at the PAP yard I went to yesterday had a hub in great shape and a big chunk of the work is already done after what I pulled off yesterday. I might as well snag an extra axle off it while I'm there too.

Okay I'm going to keep this updated in case anyone in the future is searching and is having a similar problem. I just now went back out and lined up the drum more or less and just went around in circles tapping it with a hammer until it was all the way on. At that point it was totally locked on there. I couldn't get it back off so I put my wheel back on and hand tightend some lug nuts and just rocked it all around for a couple of minutes. I pulled it back off and the drum had come off about a half inch. I was then able to get a couple of good whacks with a hammer and now it comes off and goes back on great. Woot. Only problem is when the wheel is on and I turn it it feels like the parking break is on and sounds horrible. I think if I would've known the problem before I left and replaced it I would've been great buuuut I drove it 300 miles so the wheel bearing took a total beating. Schucks didn't have any in stock so I have to go to their main store tomorrow to get one. After that I think my 4wd will work fine and I'll have a wheel that actually spins.

Sooo I figured out part of my problem. I was going to replace the rear wheel bearing today because the wheel had a lot of jiggle to it. As I was trying to take off the axle for the back right wheel I noticed that when I spun the wheel the axle didn't turn with it. Thought maybe the wheel bearing was just way loose or something. I pulled off the drum and did a double take. The whole inside of the drum that is usually grooved for the axle was completely bare. It was practically polished. The axle still looked okay with a minor bit of wear. I went to the PAP yard and found a new drum but I can't get it on, I think the axle got a little bit dicked up. Tomorrow I'm going to try to refile the splines and mount the new drum. I might just have to buy a whole new axle though. This explains both why my wheel had such bad wobble and why that wheel wasn't getting any power to it. The other side is fine, the axle turns when I turn the wheel. Hopefully this cures my 4wd problem.

Sweet thanks for the info. After I get this wheel bearing fixed I'll go try all of that.

Well that's exactly what I wondered. He didn't seem to know much about it. I have it up in the air right now and the drive shaft and axles are all right where they should be. When I turn a wheel everything turns. It all looks how it should. I'm going to keep playing with it.

It clicks just like you say it should. It's nice and firm as well. You know yesterday I didn't have a chance to really test 4wd. It definately wasn't 4low though so perhaps it's the part up front you are talking about. I was told the 4wd wasn't hooked up but maybe he just meant 4low. I'll go check it out where it comes back out for low gearing. Just went back out and looked at what you said. The 4 low selector thing is definately moving. Later today after I replace the wheel bearing I'll play around with it some more and see if I can find anything. Are there any fuses related to 4wd or is it all mechanical on this car?

I went back out and figured out where it connects to the tranny. When I'm looking from the passenger side of the vehicle and when it's in 2wd it points up and a little bit to the back. When it's in 4low it points up and to the front of the car a little. So it's definately hooked up. What else should I check now?

Ah okay thanks. Don't know wtf I'm looking at then. I'll have to try to figure out where that linkage hooks up then and see if I can figure out what's wrong.

The wagon I went and picked up yesterday won't go into 4wd or 4low. I pull up on the selector and put it in 4wd and the light will come on in the cluster but the car doesn't actually go into 4wd. I put it in 4low and it's definately still in high. The guy I bought it from said that when he went wheeling in it last it was the same way. From searching on here I found it could possibly be the vacuum selector? I found the big white res. by the passenger strut tower but I don't see any hoses or cables going under the car, the only thing I see is the wiring harness coming up through to power it. Later when my buddy is here I'll try to see if I can hear it when he puts it in 4wd or 4low. Could I get a little more of a description of where to manually switch it to 4low?

Well I went ahead and drove down today with a buddy of mine. Got there and threw the new battery in it an no start . No power anywhere. So I check everything over and sure enough a fusible link is in 2. Twisted it together and fired right up . Had to rev it for a few minutes to get all the gunk out but after that it purred. Paid the guy and drove back into town and got an oil change. Looked around some more and the cap and wires were sooooo bad I don't even know how it ran. Replaced those, put a gallon of water in the rad, got a new air filter, and it sounded great. Driving was seriously messed up though. Something was wrong. Looks like the back right wheel bearing is toast. The wheel has like an inch of play. By the time I got home it was nearly totally seized, it was like driving with the parking break. But I made it home!!! Tomorrow I have a few more things to replace and it should be great. It has a brand brand new 4" AA lift, brand new AA 15" wheels, and brand new 29" swampers. Pics will follow .

Do you think your Brat would've made a 5 hour drive in that condition? I assume the thing probably will start okay, but it's a long drive home.

Yeah no salt around here. I think I'll be fine, just wondering if there was anything I should look out for. Thanks Hey are there any problems with driving a lifted soob long distances? The guy said it might be a little hard on the axles but I didn't think it'd be too bad.

I'm thinking about going and picking up a wagon tomorrow. It's an '86 that was used as a beer delivery car for years. It has 120k miles on the ea82 and ran strong before it was parked. It got a 4" lift and swampers put on, then driven 10 miles and parked. It's been sitting there for 10 months. Now it won't start because of a dead battery, but I'll take a battery down when I go. Do you think it will be driveable once I swap the batter? Should I risk the long drive to get it? I don't have access to a truck right now unfortunately, otherwise I'd tow it. What should I replace when I get it back?

Can you take some night pics? I'm thinking of getting 2 roundies for the front bumper pointing forward and down then 4 rectangles on the rack, 2 pointing forward and up a little from the roundies and 2 pointing out. I want to go cheap so I'm thinking Walmart if the light output is good enough, but it'd be cool to see the output before I buy. Oh and from the inside, looking out.

Yeah I was looking at the bumpers too. Oh well, I'll try to find a place around here to rig one up.

I remember awhile back someone on this forum was offering free Carfax reports. I was wondering if anyone still was. Its for an 03 wrx wagon, VIN is JF1GG29653G805457. Thanks

Awwh come on guys its not that bad... :banghead:... it looks like a goddamn lexus only worse. What the hell happened?

for those of us who dont know... what kinda soob? what year? 78k makes it sound like u got shafted a touch. Sorry to hear it man. Damn camosoobs.

you work at the party store? haha maybe tomorrow i wont sleep and ill spot it again.

lol a trebuchet is too medievil... just go buy a shuttle... the outterspace one not the how do i get to the airport one.

oh really? i just drove buy and got a glimpse. Looked like the back had more of a slant to it but i guess im wrong . Around 2ish this afternoon? ooo yeah i just went to ur website and thats the one.

Im startin to see what you guys mean about a soobradar... i was on the transit comin home from school today and was sound asleep. I woke up and looked out the window and saw and ea-82 soob and though cool. Then like 2 blocks down in front of the edmonds Party Store i saw it... an ea-81 lifted brown wagon with a rack of lights accross the top and a big white window sticker that said SUBARU OFFROAD. Any of you?