I've had to replace my front wheel bearing twice in the past 6 months.  I now think the problem is  a worn hub that is causing the bearing to fail (front wheel, passenger side) on a 2001 Legacy.  I can't afford a new bearing and hub right now but a local scrap yard has a 2000 Outback that they will sell me the complete knuckle with bearing and hub for $25.  Does anyone know if the knuckle from a 2000 Outback will fit on a 2001 Legacy.  The reason I ask is that the brake caliper on the Outback is a dual piston where as the Legacy has a single piston.  (I just want to be sure that the brake caliper from my Legacy will bolt onto the knucke from the Outback)

 

Thanks

 

yes, interchangeable, just bolt all your existing hardware to it. 

 

if you can ask them to leave the ABS sensor installed that would be nice since that bolt often rusts and shears off.  they're worthless anyway and there's no market for them so they shouldn't care or charge any more.

Thanks for the info. This is a repair I can afford.

in the rust belt we only have to worry about busting the ball joint in the process!  but having been recently apart you should be golden!

$25 is a good price for the hub. I had same problem, with bad hub wearing out bearings on my 99 OBW. I spent $75 for a yard hub, which cured my problem.

For the hostorical record, you guys are seeing bad hubs (part with the wheel studs) or bad knuckles (part with the wheel bearing and ball-joint)?

  Hub, Lower Control Arm Sub Frame, Strut, West Virginia, 65,000 miles, Subaru Forester

Rack and Pinion, Ball joints, Tie rods, Subaru looked at it and said they would replace the control arms free if I would pay $1,200.00 for the other crap parts they won't cover. What is the logic in covering one suspension item that secumbs to corrosion yet none of the other equally vital suspension componets? Isn't that sending a clear message to the customer or consumer? If the body is made corrosion resistant and even the body points are not corroding at the point where the suspension componets mount then WHY ARE THE SUSPENSION COMPONETS NOT CORROSION RESISTANT? WHY ARE THE CONTROL ARMS COVERED BY A RECALL BUT NONE OF THE OTHER SUSPENSION COMPONETS COVERED THAT ARE MADE OF THE SAME METAL ALLOY AND FINISH? SUBARU did not automatically issue a recall. They were litigated into that position. If SUBARU was interested in selling you another vehicle in the future they would bend over backwards to repair any corroded suspension componet free and they would not have sold this inferior product in the first place. THEY SIMPLY CUT COSTS TO GET A SMALL PERCENTAGE MORE PROFIT AT THE CUSTOMER,S EXPENSE.  I WHOLE HEARTEDLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO BUY THEIR PRODUCTS: NEW or USED. Join the SUCKER CLUB, I am the president.  Vasoline Required for membership.