LPGforester

I'm not sure how things are in the states but here getting much interest out of official dealers for anything more that standard service and common wear parts for anything that is much more that 5 or 6 years old a bit of a hopeless mission most of the time and clutch parts for an auto box are not something that i can get aftermarket here.....being Mr Angry at the parts counter this time is somewhat unhelpful next time you want an OEM brake caliper overhaul kit or whatever. I was hoping that there was an OEM clutch rebuild kit available....plan B is to get a porked trans off a friend and pull it apart and use it as a 'have i got all the parts i need?' template for buying all the parts i need before i pull my daily driver off the road to fix it.

I have a 2000 Forester automatic with 260k KM that is pretty much 2WD due to the transfer clutch not working properly.....most of the time it won't engage but the rare times that it does it engages with a distinct 'thump' and full drive which leads me to think its grooved the basket or hub or both rather that it being a solenoid fault. So my question is, is there anywhere online that does a 'kit' with all the bits i'd need to replace the clutch basket, hub and plates etc?..... I asked at my local subaru dealer's parts desk....and got blank looks from everyone followed by.... 'we can supply you a rebuilt transmission if its not working properly.'.......the annoying part is that trans is running beautifully apart from only being 4wd when it feels like it. Cheers Callum

I did this on my EJ'd Brumby....i machined a 7"long 1/4" wall sleeve with welding slots out of 4140 with a 5 thou interference and heated and shrank it onto the shafts and plug welded the slots....do not weld the ends of the sleeve as this creates a single point weak zone around the entire shaft in the heat affected zone of the weld. those shafts ran for years until i had to get the vehicle inspected and the inspector failed them for not being OEM parts. Callum

Nope....i'm from New Zealand not tazzie......altho the brumby your referring to and my one were set up similar engine wise with ej conversions, superchargers and LPG Cheers Callum

Hi i used to be on here years ago under the board name LPGsuperchargedBrumby....forgot my password so had to make a new account....annoying but that's what happens when you haven't signed in in years.