heykolohe Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I own a repair shop here on the Big island of Hawaii and see a lot of Subies...lots of blown head gaskets on the 2.5s too but this one has me puzzled. Customer came in with the shifter stuck in 1st and clutch pedal had a lot of free play. We pulled the trans and found the t/o bearing had broken as well as a few of the fingers on the clutch plate. It's hard to say which happened first because the clips for the t/o bearing were broken and had possibly started the whole process. Of course the clips don't come with the clutch kit and had to be special ordered. Anyone had this type of problem with a Subaru this new with this low a mileage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 i've seen those clips rusty enough i'd never want to reuse them before....but hard to imagine that new - how bad is the ocean induced rust there? probably not bad enough for that. first hunch is bad luck. that's a lot of miles for a small island, was it shipped there? is that 97k of stop and go Kona 3pm-5pm traffic? the big island is awesome! poking sticks in lava and having them ignite, yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 On a sooby it would be the clips that failed. Failure to replace the clips will cause a clutch issue (why they are not included in the kits who knows). The clips failed for whatever reason and caused all those nasty things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heykolohe Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 The customer said it made noise for a little while when he stepped the clutch so I'd agree with you on those little clips being the cause. Those clips are $5.56 a piece too. No rust on them either. Just another Subaru flaw???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heykolohe Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 i've seen those clips rusty enough i'd never want to reuse them before....but hard to imagine that new - how bad is the ocean induced rust there? probably not bad enough for that. first hunch is bad luck. that's a lot of miles for a small island, was it shipped there? is that 97k of stop and go Kona 3pm-5pm traffic? the big island is awesome! poking sticks in lava and having them ignite, yes! No...thats about average mileage here on the Big Island...customer bought the car here new in 2007. I moved here about 4 years ago and that was one of things that I had to get used to was the high mileage on most of the cars coming to my shop...I have several Toyota customers with over 300k and a few outbacks with 250k and still going.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 how bizarre - it only takes a couple hours to get to the other side of the island and that's not even interstate speeds like you can over here. haven't heard of clutch clip failure except on 80's stuff myself, sounds like bad luck to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 No...thats about average mileage here on the Big Island...customer bought the car here new in 2007. I moved here about 4 years ago and that was one of things that I had to get used to was the high mileage on most of the cars coming to my shop...I have several Toyota customers with over 300k and a few outbacks with 250k and still going.... Don't they get dizzy lapping an island like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bheinen74 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 newer subaru are built with glass? :-\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairtax4me Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I would guess the TO bearing locked up and spun or just fell apart which subsequently caused the clips to break. Perhaps the driver is holding down the clutch pedal while sitting at lights/ in traffic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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