Borgschulze

Nevermind, I answered my own question without realising it. I just need to apply for Grey Market status, and it should pass pretty easy.

Anyone know if these cars will past e-test in Southern Ontario? About to make a trade for one, and the owner lives in a non-emissions testing area, so I will have to pass emissions to register it. I don't know if they sniff this one or OBD port, I'm assuming it isn't REALLY OBDII from what I've read. I'm sure it can't be harder than my 1991 Honda Acty to pass the sniffer test, that thing burns oil like a rotary and somehow managed to pass the grey market test.

Interesting, well if both of mine break, I'll look into getting a new one, or just convert to RWD

Interesting. You sure that isn't just on cars that get beat on?

$700 USD Haha, nope.

All I could find was 5mt Turbo trannys and 6mt swaps, all $1200+

My center diff does not torque bind, I can basically idle at full lock and it doesn't make any noise, neither does the one in the used mystery tranny I bought. I did test it before pulling the tranny, because at first I suspected center diff was bad. Can you name some places? Had I found a place with a $350 JDM tranny with low KMs, I would have bought that over mystery $200 tranny for sure.

If the center diff has lasted 280k KM, why would I replace the entire unit? I mean if they fail "regularly" and mine lasted this long....? I've seen the bearings fail (external to the unit) and be replaced without further issue. This isn't a show car, it's a "family" car... it doesn't get driven hard, and it's all stock aside from the radio which is only because the OEM one died. We bought the car for $2500... 3 years ago... put a rad in it ($15 from Wreckers), starter ($160), mystery tranny from a 99-01 Impreza ($200 came with a rear diff, didn't install), brakes were done once.. so far it's been a pretty cheap car to own. Is it worth mentioning that the "thrust plate" is completely mint? Shows no marks on it at all, I see no reason to replace it, it holds the race in the case perfectly as is. This tranny is hilariously simple looking inside, makes some of the dirt bike motors I've been in look complex in comparison. Though I'm sure some of the "Enthusiast" type guys would be minorly jealous of a bike transmission which is a small sequential dog box Thanks for the help guys. EDIT: Did some reading, looks like the C Clip comes off the centre diffs... does mine look like the new version or old one?

So I've had a rear main shaft bearing failure on my 2004 Impreza TS with 5MT. I knew one of the main shaft bearings failed because the car sounded like a rally car in the first 4 gears, mind you not that loud, but gear whine was present. I picked up a used tranny out of an older car to hold me over while I fix this one and keep it as a backup (Unknown mileage on used tranny, not the first car it was in either, was CHEAP) Now, I've got my tranny torn apart, I need at MINIMUM a rear main shaft bearing 806225170. I've noticed the parts diagrams list one for turbo and one for non-turbo. The turbo one appears to be a dual tapered roller setup. Can that setup fit in my cases? Is it an outer race that can retro-fit? Is it an upgrade? Also, the secondary shaft, how often do those massive bearings fail? Should I definitely replace those ones too? That shaft looks like a real pain in the rump roast to replace those bearings. I have 280k KM on this tranny, and want to replace both main shaft bearings, and any of the needle bearings the gears run on if they're looking bad. As well as the front diff bearings (They look well used). Should I replace the centre diff bearings too? Or leave them if they're not making any noise? And obviously will be replacing all the seals in the case while it's open. Good news is, all the synchro's and gears look perfect, once the noise started, the car had only about another 100km on it and it was getting progressively worse over that time. The bearing with my thumb on it is the one in question, it's cooked, wobbly, loud, crunchy, 3mm play lengthwise...