delli50 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 i have a '96 legacy awd wagon, brighton edition with a 2.2 and automatic. the roads in my city are awful and while replacing a ball joint, tie rod end and wheel bearing on the left side, i remove a broken part of the coil spring. i also noticed that both ends of the removed part were jagged, so it's been broken before. the wrecking yards want to sell a complete strut to me and there don't seem to be any available aftermarket. the dealer is not an option as dealer parts here in Canada are a lot more than in the U.S. there is one wrecker here that i might be able to talk into selling just the spring to me. unfortunately, the subaru he has is a '91 legacy sedan. does anyone know if this will fit? i don't want to put a lot of money into this car as i want to sell it and upgrade to another subaru. any help is appreciated. mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmdew Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 You might check the Subaru Recall, these springs were known to break in salty road conditions. I've tossed many of these out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delli50 Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 Thanks for the tip. I'll give that a check but think that the dealer may laugh at me..... it's a 13 year old car with 310,000 kilometres on it. back to my first question if the recall tip doesn't work. anyone know about the interchangability of the springs? mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delli50 Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 been to the dealer. they said that the recall was only for outback! so my original question... will the front coils from a '91 legacy front wheel drive sedan fit on my '96 awd legacy wagon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdjdc Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 They will probably fit, but I wonder if the spring rate is the same for a sedan and a wagon. I am prett sure I have a set of springs that will fit and are off a wagon. Let me know if you want me to check for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delli50 Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 mdjdc, thanks for the reply. lok for a message on your usmb account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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