Hello all. First of, sorry for how the text looks, for some rason my html is off! In any case, havent been here for a while, my 92' 2.0 AWD MT SW Leg simply runs too good! till now that is....So then, front driver side BJ is finally gone after clicking for ages! Got from a friend a couple of Subbie front axles in good working order but we just dont know if these will fit my Legacy. Length is 27 inchtotal (Tip to tip, fully compresed), while between the inner boot grooves distance is about 11.5inches. see attached pix. Any idea if this is the right axle length for my car? This is a daily driver so I want to have everything ready for the fix and simply swap axles. Thanks in advance TG

Edited December 12, 200817 yr by turboguzzi

turboguzzi, I have attached a section from the EMPI axle catalog that deals with "axle tips", where they give you tips on compatibility, like:

Number of splines, seal surface diameters, ABS rings, etc. Give it a look, oh on page 5 there is a section on Subaru axles.

 

DANG, the .pdf must be too large. Go here:http://www.empius.com/2008_driveaxles/drive_axles.html

 

and lower right of the center section, download:Axle Tips - download

 

Sorry about that.

hi yohygood link! shame that I couldnt find any length dimensions.so if somebody has a Legacy axle outside of the car, could be nice to get a confirmation,Cheers & tnxsTG

turboguzzi, about a 1.5 years ago I had some issues replacing both front axles on my '97 Legacy L at. I used new EMPI axles after which I started to get the dreaded vibration with car in gear but at a stop. If anyone has had this issue I would recommend they read through this post:http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2489&highlight=vibration

 

but back to your question, in researching this issue, I did get a response from the technical department at Cardone regarding compressed axle length:

"the compressed measures 26 7/8 +/-0.125 inches", again this was for my application but should give you a starting point.

Here are the dimensions of the axle I used for my '97, now EMPI's catalog shows this application for all Legacy's 90-98 fronts.

Hi yohy

 

Thanks for the pic. indeed, after taking the axle off the car I can confirm, about 27" compressed.

 

Job done, axle was off in a jiffy, repacking the replacement joints with molly-grease was messy though!

 

one comment, while trying to use the best components that I had from all my axles, it turned out that the there are two spline types for the inner part of the DOJ. so whoever is going to do this type of work, be warned!

the splines at the bell of the DOJ were the same though.

 

Cheers

 

TG