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I just picked up a steering rack out of a 05 legacy gt it has the 15.1 ratio like the sti. Anybody use one in anything other than a legacy? The valve looks considerably different than the old Forester rack I have. Do I need to use the front subframe also from the legacy for it to work in a 02 Forester? Thanks

Wasn't that lucky for it to be plug and play but I have the fsm for the 02 and got the wiring schematic off a Forester forum for the 05 and made a jumper harness going between the two. Luckily I had gotten the gusset also with the mirror being as its different. The mirrors have different mounting points. Not one of the holes lined up. The gussets have four mounting points three on the top and one on the bottom. The three on top lined up pretty well. The bottom one didn't. I left the bottom one out since the mirror felt stable enough with just the three. I hope this helps.

Just got them all wired up today. That was a little easier than I expected. It's one of the better mods I've done to the car.

Any thoughts? Has anyone else done it? They're sort of on there not wired up just mounted on the car. I think that they look pretty sweet on there. Kind of a pain in the a** though.

I've got a 02 Forester and felt that the steering was a little unresponsive, so I put a steering rack in it from a 05 Saab 92x linear (saabaru). I used the Saab steering column and a 03 forester coupler. It went together relatively easy to my surprise. My question is does it have the same 16.5 ratio as the WRX? To me it seems a lot quicker than that, the older imprezas had the same ratio and this feels a lot more responsive and I've had quite a few 93-01 imprezas. I think if I jerk the wheel at speed I'd go over 5 lanes of traffic lol.

Ya it doesn't have abs so I'll just take the sensor off. Thanks for the info.

Can the newer style knuckles with the bolt on bearings be swapped with the ones with the pressed in bearing? I have a 96 impreza and I found a set of front knuckles off a 05 legacy cheap and thought it might be a nice upgrade if they fit. I did a search on it and can't find anything on it. Thanks

I have an 02 Forester with 45k miles that has been setting for the last five years in a garage according the previous owner. Well if it was it took a toll on the suspension parts. The body is just about rust free just has two slight bubbles on the rear quarters. Underneath the some of the suspension parts are a little crusty, but the rockers and everything else looks good. I was wondering if I find out the rear subframe is starting to go bad if a subframe from a different year would fit? I have two good ones, one is off a 98 impreza and the other is off a 03 Forester. I believe the interchange says 98-02 Forester but if I can make one of these work it will be great. Thanks

Changed it today. Worked perfectly. Thanks!!!

Thanks for the info. I didn't want to put out any more cash if I have something that will work. Its a new Subaru tensioner was hoping it would work. Thanks

I just picked up a 2002 forester with super low miles 45k and before I put it on the road I was going to change the timing belt, pulleys,water pump etc.. Well before I could change everything, I drove it around the block after I worked on the brakes and the engine started making a terrible noise. Sounded like it was coming out of the timing cover sure enough after getting it apart, started up without the cover on and it was the tensioner making the noise. My question is can I use one of the older style tensioners on the newer engine? I have a new tensioner and tensioner pulley with the bracket that was for my 96 impreza. Can I switch the bracket and use the older style? Thanks in advance

Thanks for the replies. I was kind of figuring that they were interchangable that there would be slight differences. I wish I could hear it run first but for the price I can't complain.

I found a 94 legacy 2.2 with low miles 96k at a local junkyard for a great price. I took a look at it and aside from the intake and sensors being different the engine itself looks the same. According to the interchange it days 90-94 legacy only. I have a 96 impreza outback. What's the difference? Is it better engine or the same? I was just getting as a spare just in case if I had any problems with the one in mine.

That was a lot easier than I thought. The 9v battery worked great to power it up. Thanks imdew. The odometer said 114k not too bad for a 02 H6. Now comes the fun part of pulling the engine in the junkyard.

That's good. I'll try to figure out the wiring tonight. I believe I have a 03 or 04 legacy wiring schematic. Thanks GD