I ripped it apart tonight. The axle is great, so its a 10 dollar fix for me. My only question is, Are the front hubs on EA81 and EA82 the same? the wagon I am snarching it off is an 85-86, mine is an 88...
I never thought that a hub could be stripped on one of these cars but I succeeded. I wasn't being stupid either, It started creaking, I made a turn and it just started grinding. I popped off the center cap and the axle is just spinning in the hub when I let out the clutch. I don't have a 36mm socket and I have no money. I limped it home in 4wd. If there is anyone in the area that has a 36mm socket I can use, a friend of mine has a hub/axle that I am buying for my last $20. I am screwed as this is my only car on the road. Will it hurt the tranny to put-put around town in 4wd with the hub like this?
Should be fine with the stock shims on the backlash, take a paint pen and draw a line on one pinion tooth face. while the paint is still wet, spin the drive shaft a time or two and look where the paint makes contact. If the paint mark is not centered on the ring tooth, then remove or add shims accordingly.
here is a good write up on it
http://www.differentials.com/install.html
Hell's Yeah. 4LO
I can run 55-60mph in 4LO. I have some other vids im going to upload to youtube. Feel Free to Threadjack with your own offroad vids! I love to see subies prevail where jeeps sink lol. That actually happened at railhead, an inferior chevy 4x4 was stuck, I passed him and his 33's
Hi all, My name is Trent. I own 2 soobs, 88 gl pt4wd, and 93 legacy wagon awd, w/ sports sedan trans swap in the works.
I am a subaru junkie for real, yes thats my arm!
Here are some quick pics of my cars from my computer