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tranny bushing ext ?
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 7:30 am
by ej22t kid
i have an 91 legacy turbo with a 5mt, i need to rebuild it pretty bad and i need all new bushings for the shit linkedge. can i use WRX or will have to use OEM ?
and another little tid bit is i have some good vibrations well not realy good but very aperent from what feels like the rear what should i check to find the culprit.
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 7:39 am
by BAC5.2
You'll need some spelling classes, first of all.
Secondly, you can use the big bushing from a WRX, the Energy Suspension part number is 1170. It is a direct fit.
The other bushings that go bad on EVERY 91 I've EVER seen, were never used on any other Subaru past 1992. There is no upgrade for those.
Lastly, be a little more concise about the vibration if you want help locating it. Just saying you have a vibration from the rear of the car brings, i dunno, 2 dozen items that could cause that. Everything from drivetrain to mount to alignment to tire pressure, etc. Give more info!
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 2:24 am
by dzx
lol, he said shit linkedge
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 4:13 am
by Legacy777
dzx wrote:lol, he said shit linkedge
haha....that was too funny.
ej22t kid....we're laughing with you
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 7:28 am
by ej22t kid
Keep in mind I’m a newbie and don’t claim to be any more
Well I don't really know what I was thinking when I wrote the first thread but any who, what I was really trying to say is I need new bushings for the tranny shift linkage I don’t understand what a “big bushing from a WRX” is, can you clarify?
Second the vibration is very weird its not a wheel bearing or alignment and is not subtle enough to be something like air pressure. It was doing it when I had the original suspension. I have replace every thing save the rear upper mounts and springs. Along with the constant vibration while up to speed there is a knocking under where my e-brake I located which only accurse at about 20 mph and 40 mph. I know I know this is not a lot of info but I don’t know what else to say after 299,000 miles it could be about anything I am hoping for a miracle solution.
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 8:01 pm
by Legacy777
ej22t kid wrote:Keep in mind I’m a newbie and don’t claim to be any more
Well I don't really know what I was thinking when I wrote the first thread but any who, what I was really trying to say is I need new bushings for the tranny shift linkage I don’t understand what a “big bushing from a WRX” is, can you clarify?
It's the big black bushing on the right side of the pic
http://www.surrealmirage.com/subaru/ima ... P_3136.JPG
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 9:30 pm
by 206er
they are very hard to install. a 20 ton shop press would get it done easily. I had to use a vice.
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 4:09 am
by Legacy777
ummmm....those bushings on the end of the shifter are a piece of cake to install.
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 2:26 pm
by BAC5.2
Yea, I installed mine in the winter. Some lithium grease and a C-clamp and it went right in. I trimmed it a little though, thinking it wouldn't fit. But in retrospect, it would have fit without.
Kartboy makes a 2-piece bushing, whose install is REALLY simple. The one peice bushings usually require some kind of clamp or something.
Funny clunking from the rear can be a bad strut top. It happened to a friends STi. Sounded like the trunk was rattling.
Under the e-brake handle could still be any number of things. Could be the driveshaft carrier bearing, it could be the shift linkage bushings, it could be lots of stuff.
