Hey guys,

I am replacing the clutch in my 91 legacy and have a question about the release fork. The clip that holds it to the ball was a little bent up so I ordered a new one. The new one has the same bend at the bottom that makes it seem to only be installed one way; problem is the two bends where it holds against the ball seem to be backwards. Is this the correct installation or is there a trick to get it together?

 

Don't have my camera handy but if a picture would help I could get one. Any experts have any suggestions?

It's been so long since I've had a Legacy trans out. I don't remember there being a particular issue with the fork clip not installing right. Have you tried it the other way at all? Can you install it and it seems to hold properly? Also if you have it apart already, I recommend a new fork as well and plenty of grease. My original one cracked in half and it's no fun replacing it if you just put it back together!

Talked to a tech on the phone and he confirmed it can only go in one way, just looked strange to me. Fork looked good but I replaced the clips and boot since i had it apart.

 

Thanks

ditto on fork replacement-never thought to replace mine during several clutch jobs....finally wore through/bent about 250-275 kmiles....and about 3-6 months after last clutch job...grrrr it all had to come a part again......

I guess the good news is I know how to take it apart now

 

Thought about buying one but mine looked ok, wish I would have now since I already have 250k on it. Should have came to this board earlier in the job.

I will say that by the time I had to replace the fork, I had taken the tranny out of my previous Legacy 3 separate times (long story), so I was pretty good at it by then! Hopefully you won't have to become an expert quite so quickly