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i need to replace the driver side rear wheel bearing on my 95 impreza L AWD 1.8. wanted to know how to do this, and are there special tools i need to do it?

i have a 95 impreza 1.8 with 106,000 miles on it, and have been using castrol 10w30 since i have owned it in april. i live in northeast ohio, and it has been really cold here in the last few weeks, teens in the day and single digits at night. my oil is ready to be changed, and i was wanting to know if i should switch to 5w30 for winter, or just stick with the 10w30 i have been using. the owners manual say i can use either, but wanted to get some advice and opinions from you guys. i was thinking of trying the valvoline maxlife 5w30. from what i read, the "high mileage" oils are a little heavier than regular conventionals.

i posted the original with all those annoying underlines, sorry. bought the car last april, and it has slight torque bind, but only on sharp turns. i paid 2300 for the car (95 impreza AWD 1.8 4eat 95000 mi.), not too bad a deal imo. i read that to replace both clutch packs (which i read causes torque bind), that it would cost about $800. i decided not to get the work done right away considering i just bought the car and wasnt sure how reliable it was gonna be in the first place. i drained and refilled the ATF with new stuff from the subaru dealer, and it seemed to help the "torque bind" a little, but not fully. its strange though, i noticed when i go on longer trips in the car, the torque bind will go away for a few days, and then come back. it hasnt gotten any worse than when i bought the car, and like i said, its only on sharp turns. another thing i find kinda strange, is when the car is "cold", i have absolutely no binding, its only after the car warms up that i notice it. anyway, thers some links with pics of the car, and if any of you can recommend any suggestions or comments, that would be awesome! http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c19/nosajh9/IMG_0277.jpg http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c19/nosajh9/IMG_0278.jpg http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c19/nosajh9/IMG_0275.jpg http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c19/nosajh9/IMG_0274.jpg http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c19/nosajh9/IMG_0280.jpg

im now officially confused! the dealer told me that the worst case of running a transmission under longterm torque bind would be that the clutch pack will wear out, and that it has no affect on the operation of your transmission. ?

no power light flashing or anything. just get a slight shudder on the tight turns. im gonna do the drain and refill method 3 times with regular ATF and see if that helps. thanks for the advice! jason

ok, never thought to just drain into a jug. makes sense, then you know how much to put back in. thanks for the advice guys, ill just stick with using ATF and see if this torqu bind goes away.

i have been having the torque bind problen and read on the boards that this may help. i am planning on doing the drain and refill method 3 times, but have some simple questions: 1) is it better to drain and refill, or powerflush transmission fluid? ive heard good and bad about both. 2) with this "torque binding" problem, have i been killing my transmission? in other words, what are the side-effects from torque binding, besides the slight shudder on sharp turns? 3) what brand/weight etc.. of ATF fluid should i get, and are there any addidtives i should add to help? would you rcommend using synthetic ATF? would i be able to do the 2 drains with cheap stuff, and the last fill with synthetic? i have read that people on the board recommend either castrol synthetic ATF, and mobil 1 synthetic ATF. the car has 102,000 mile on it. 4) ATF capacity. how much ATF does a 95 impreza 1.8 4Eat hold? when i do the drain and refill , i realize that all fluid doesnt drainout , how much is left in, and how much do i need to fill after the drain so i dont overfill? any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated! jason hundog@gmail.com

i have been having the torque bind problen and read on the boards that this may help. i am planning on doing the drain and refill method 3 times, but have some simple questions: 1) is it better to drain and refill, or powerflush transmission fluid? ive heard good and bad about both. 2) with this "torque binding" problem, have i been killing my transmission? in other words, what are the side-effects from torque binding, besides the slight shudder on sharp turns? 3) what brand/weight etc.. of ATF fluid should i get, and are there any addidtives i should add to help? would you rcommend using synthetic ATF? would i be able to do the 2 drains with cheap stuff, and the last fill with synthetic? i have read that people on the board recommend either castrol synthetic ATF, and mobil 1 synthetic ATF. the car has 102,000 mile on it. 4) ATF capacity. how much ATF does a 95 impreza 1.8 4Eat hold? when i do the drain and refill , i realize that all fluid doesnt drainout , how much is left in, and how much do i need to fill after the drain so i dont overfill? any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated! jason hundog@gmail.com

i just bought a 95 impreza l 1.8 with an automatic transmission. the car has 98,000 miles on it and was very well maintained. i bought it for $2300 (they wanted $3200) from a subaru dealer in cleveland. anyway, that stuttering in tight turns was the only thing that made me kind of hesitate to buy the car. i asked the dealer why it does that, and he claimed that most older subarus do that, and that it is "normal" in an AWD car. i decided to wait on buying the car so i could ask some people if this statement was true, and if AWD cars do this. a friend of mines dad has always owned subaru cars and said that his have all done this and that it shouldnt be a problem. he said that when he asked his dealer mechanic, that they told him to change the transmission fluid and do figure eights in a parking lot to help "seat" some bull************. another friend of mine has a 96 impreza and said that hers does the same thing. a guy i work with has an audi quttro, and said he gets the same stuttering effect in his AWD. i bought the car after i felt comfortable with what everybody said. i figured it was normal, never have driven AWD before. anway, the car has been great, runs real good, and is very clean inside and out. this stutter on the tight turns is a little bothersome though, because im still not sure if this is normal, or if every tight turn i make, im slowly destroying my tranny. ive read alot on the boards, and it sounds like this torque binding thing. from the other posts ive read, some people say this really isnt a huge issue, while others say it is destroying the transmission. also, some say to just change the tranny fluid and add some additive to solve the problem. others have said that it is a $800 job and you might as well go get a new tranny and put it in. im confused! btw ,the car shifts fine and its only a slight stutter on sharp turns at slow speeds. anyway, heres a few simplified questions: 1) is this a huge problem that i need to immediately have checked out. is my transmission about to go? is it safe to drive the car? 2) when changing the fluid, do you have any recommendations, like fluid to use (weight etc..,) and how to flush. i have read some say that power flushing is bad. also, whats the additive to use (name,brand etc..) that other posts have mentioned. is it worth changing the fluid? mine looks very clean as is. 3) i have read that the clutch packs going bad are what create torque binding, how big of a job would it be to replace these myself? 4) when i bought the car, i wasnt planning on doing mods or upgrades, just change the oil and drive daily 15 miles to work. is this torque bind something that i may be able to deal with through the life of the car, or is it something that will progressively get worse over time? i really dont want to dump money into it if its not really a big issue. like i said, the transmission shifts smooth , and the car drives and runs very good. if you have read this far, i gotta give you props!! :disco: if you could help me out by passing on some advice, that would be greatly appreciated. links, advice, pics, anything! thanks alot, jason. hundog@gmail.com

i just bought a 95 impreza l 1.8 with an automatic transmission. the car has 98,000 miles on it and was very well maintained. i bought it for $2300 (they wanted $3200) from a subaru dealer in cleveland. anyway, that stuttering in tight turns was the only thing that made me kind of hesitate to buy the car. i asked the dealer why it does that, and he claimed that most older subarus do that, and that it is "normal" in an AWD car. i decided to wait on buying the car so i could ask some people if this statement was true, and if AWD cars do this. a friend of mines dad has always owned subaru cars and said that his have all done this and that it shouldnt be a problem. he said that when he asked his dealer mechanic, that they told him to change the transmission fluid and do figure eights in a parking lot to help "seat" some bull************. another friend of mine has a 96 impreza and said that hers does the same thing. a guy i work with has an audi quttro, and said he gets the same stuttering effect in his AWD. i bought the car after i felt comfortable with what everybody said. i figured it was normal, never have driven AWD before. anway, the car has been great, runs real good, and is very clean inside and out. this stutter on the tight turns is a little bothersome though, because im still not sure if this is normal, or if every tight turn i make, im slowly destroying my tranny. ive read alot on the boards, and it sounds like this torque binding thing. from the other posts ive read, some people say this really isnt a huge issue, while others say it is destroying the transmission. also, some say to just change the tranny fluid and add some additive to solve the problem. others have said that it is a $800 job and you might as well go get a new tranny and put it in. im confused! btw ,the car shifts fine and its only a slight stutter on sharp turns at slow speeds. anyway, heres a few simplified questions: 1) is this a huge problem that i need to immediately have checked out. is my transmission about to go? is it safe to drive the car? 2) when changing the fluid, do you have any recommendations, like fluid to use (weight etc..,) and how to flush. i have read some say that power flushing is bad. also, whats the additive to use (name,brand etc..) that other posts have mentioned. is it worth changing the fluid? mine looks very clean as is. 3) i have read that the clutch packs going bad are what create torque binding, how big of a job would it be to replace these myself? 4) when i bought the car, i wasnt planning on doing mods or upgrades, just change the oil and drive daily 15 miles to work. is this torque bind something that i may be able to deal with through the life of the car, or is it something that will progressively get worse over time? i really dont want to dump money into it if its not really a big issue. like i said, the transmission shifts smooth , and the car drives and runs very good. if you have read this far, i gotta give you props!! :disco: if you could help me out by passing on some advice, that would be greatly appreciated. links, advice, pics, anything! thanks alot, jason. nosajh9@aol.com