Hi Subaru aficionados. Long time no see. Good to see this board is still around and flourishing. I do miss my modded RX. People now have really eclipsed what I did back in the day to these older models. I still have one of these EA82 Subarus that I can wrench on. It's my Mom's!

 

She came by the other day with the "slung grease on cat smell", opened the hood and sure enough, busted boot. I'd rather just change the axle than do a boot but I can't recall the spline count for the automatic tranny, push button cars.

 

I think the higher spline count axle were for the turbo cars, but I don't trust that info, it's been in my brain for so long, it could be wrong.

 

So, my question is, What is the correct front axle for the 89 Subaru GL pushbutton 4WD automatic transmission car?

 

J Hogan

Yup, just a regular 23 spline 4wd axle is what you need.

Thanks for the info. I ordered a new axle and got it this morning.

From ground to ground, without destroying the lower ball joint, it took about an hour to swap the axle.

I remember why I liked these cars so much. Absolutely simple to work on.

I checked out your pictures Turbone, righteous RX you have there.

Thanks again and take care.

 

 

Jay Hogan