1996 Subaru Legacy Outback Wagon

[wvhillgal]

Will a rear differential for a 2004 fit a 1996 (auto transmission and not turbo)?

[Subaru_dude]

Will a rear differential for a 2004 fit a 1996 (auto transmission and not turbo)?

 

Sorry I'm not for sure... but welcome. You're fairly close, about an hour away. You try the search? I'd google it and you'll probably end up either here or the Outback forum.

[davebugs]

I'd think the proper rear end would be easy enough to find.

 

I don't know about compatibility but in general when the bi\oy style changed a lot of the mechanicals seem to have changed also.

 

 

Don't forget the rearend MUST match the trans ratio.

[idosubaru]

are you replacing the rear diff because it's bad? they very, very rarely fail and are usually misdiagnosed due to something else.

 

Will a rear differential for a 2004 fit a 1996 (auto transmission and not turbo)?

manual, automatic, and what kind of 2004?

 

96 Legacy Outback Wagon will have 4.44 final drive.

So any rear diff you get to swap out will need to be from an automatic for sure since manuals never had 4.44 final drie.

 

whatever rear diff you get will need to have a final drive ratio the same.

 

i believe there are two different style rear diffs - male and female axle stub designs.

 

you can probably convert between the two if you also grab rear axles...again depending on what model you're talking about as rear suspension did change in 2000's.

 

there's even a turbo variant which i think has longer stubs but they can be interchangeable and folks have installed the shorter stubs into the longer (turbo rear diff?) rear diffs.