June 9, 201312 yr HI all, I need to replace the passenger's side steering knuckle on a '99 Forester with ABS, vin number JF1SF655XXG709153 I'm headed to the yard tomorrow and wanted to know what flavors of Subs I can look under. Thanks!
June 10, 201312 yr 95-99 Legacy, Impreza, Forester take a picture of your ABS mounting position and any knuckle that has that position i think is your money maker. i think on older ones the ABS sensors goes in horizontally pointing away from the car and on newer stuff it mounts nearly vertically "pointing down" so to speak. swap your brake caliper bracket onto the donor knuckle. all 95-99 struts, axles, and ball joints are interchangeable or the same (SVX has 113mm stud spacking though). so the steering knuckles are also interchangeable, just make sure it has ABS - not all do in the late 90's. i think even FWD are the same, but inspect carefully i'm not positive. the ABS set up changes around 2000 or so but varies with model i think - the tone ring goes from being in the knuckle to being on the axle. though you can install newer axles on older subarus if you simply knock the tone ring off the axle, so the knuckles are still very similar, but the ABS mounting changes.
June 10, 201312 yr Author Gary, Ma Man! Thanks for the response. I know I haven't been around much lately, but things out here are going great as I hope they are for you! Will-
June 10, 201312 yr Author swap your brake caliper bracket onto the donor knuckle. What's with this? Do mean that there is some damage that I should be aware of that could potentially happen to the brake caliper brackets?
June 10, 201312 yr oh no, sorry, i just meant Subaru used so many different caliper, bracket, pin verses bolt styles and differeing sizes that it's good to keep the bracket with the vehicle. indeed enjoy the west, all is well here.
June 10, 201312 yr Author oh no, sorry, i just meant Subaru used so many different caliper, bracket, pin verses bolt styles and differeing sizes that it's good to keep the bracket with the vehicle. indeed enjoy the west, all is well here. Awesome, thanks! Yes the west is treating us right. Though the east beckons. In fact we'll be in WV for a wedding in late July. I'm not sure of the exact location yet, but somewhere near the Canaan Valley. Don't know if you're in the hood, but maybe we could meet up for a "how do ya do"
June 10, 201312 yr Awesome, thanks! Yes the west is treating us right. Though the east beckons. In fact we'll be in WV for a wedding in late July. I'm not sure of the exact location yet, but somewhere near the Canaan Valley. Don't know if you're in the hood, but maybe we could meet up for a "how do ya do" sure, that would be awesome. i'm about two hours from there. youre at a wedding and traveling and i have two young children so time is very limited. PM details. that's a nice area, we go cross country skiing at a fantastic place there. Edited June 10, 201312 yr by grossgary
June 10, 201312 yr Author sure, that would be awesome. i'm about two hours from there. youre at a wedding and traveling and i have two young children so time is very limited. PM details. that's a nice area, we go cross country skiing at a fantastic place there. PM Sent
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