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Once upon a time, my (1979) Brat needed front CV joints - BADLY.

I was the type to push things past thier limit, but not with this. However, I had to keep driving...

So I detached the front axels from the wheels, hung them with coat-hanger wire from the "frame", put it into 4WD, and it was now a rear-wheel drive, but the steering actually improved! The CV axels did not jostle about at all, but were perfectly well behaved, and the coat hanger wire would last for a week or two before I had to replace it, which was incredibly easy. It took a couple months, but I eventually got two new CV axels.

I love Subarus....

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Lol, I rode an entire summer in my xt converted to rwd because of a busted front axle. I was a little more elegant with the set up than a coat hanger, hammered the cv end off the bad axle and bolted it back in. Good times.

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