Valijean

Thanks very much for the tips. She is back up and running again. Your a life saver.

On further inspection, is it is a little indent in the back of the sprocket? The arrow ends up being about half way down, at 3 o'clock?

Ok, to be clear. On the back side of the sprocket there are 3 little nubs. One of them is sort of behind the arrow. I should align that little nub with the small indentation on the block? Thanks for the help

Wait, you can set the crank at TDC using a mark? (I did not mark it before I dis-assembled) I know the marks on the cams, but there is one on the crank? What is it and where does it line up? Many thanks Ryan

Hi- I am swapping out the timing belt on my 1995 Legacy. At some point I screwed up the timing, and now need to get the crankshaft set back to TDC. My plan was to just set a screwdriver in first cylinder sparkplug hole and crank till it reached its apex. However I do not know which cylunder is number 1. Can someone identify the order of them for a 1995 legacy 2.2? Thanks Ryan

This has been very helpful. I'll see how the new steering fluid helps and then go down the steering rack road. (no pun intended) thanks again for the help

This may be a dumb question, but howdo I inspect the rack?

Quick quesiton on steering fluid removal. So I sucked out the contents of the fluid reservior, refilled it, ran the car, and then repeated this process four more times. Ended up putting in a new quart and a half of power steering fluid. Is this enough? How much power steeering fluid does it hold?

No. It is just very hard to turn, then it gets much easier. It is better now as we are having a warm spell. But, being Boston, it will get very cold again soon. Ony my way to Autozone now, I'll try the steering fluid first. quote=cannonball]When you turn the steering wheel slightly back and forth while moving does it feel like the tires are out of balance?

I checked the fluid and it is not low. I'll try the pumping thing. Can I pick up the suction pump at AutoZone? Thanks for the help, Ryan

Long time reader, first time poster. I have a '95 Subaru Outback (really a legacy with a sticker). A few months back it started having, for lack of a better term, 'jerky' steering. So it would be tough to turn then it would get real easy as the turn progressed. It was not much of an issue, and it was intermittment, so I didn't do anything about it. Then we got our first cold spell of the season (live in New England) and it got much worse. Still drivable, but a noticeable concern. I have read a bunch about the steering issues, but the change with cold weather threw me. Any ideas? Thanks a ton, Ryan