My brother has a 2011 Forester with the FB25 and the clutch is going out at about 105,000 miles.

 

Is it still easier to remove the engine to do the clutch on these cars or is there some other preferred way?

 

Thanks in advance.

If you don't have a car lift, removing the engine is easiest (IMO).  Some say to drop the exhaust and driveshaft and remove the transmission but I haven't done it that way.

If you have a lift. Always the transmission.

 

Without a lift. Never done it. It's a toss up. If you don't have an engine hoist or a come-along. Idk how you'd get the engine out.

 

But, if that car has the engine motor mounts on the transmission. Yeah. Engine is probably easiest.

 

I know the legacy's FB25 have the motor mounts on the transmission bell housing. Not sure if that's because of the global plateform, or the FB25

Edited September 8, 20178 yr by golucky66

Pull engine. It's more straight forward and working under the car usually sucks.

 

Pulling transmission is logistically easier, less stuff - no coolant to deal with, power steering, alternator...but kind of that is hard anyway.

Thanks for the ideas!