torxxx Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Well, I seemed to have destroyed my input shaft bearing on my lifted wagon. I'm going to be putting another tranny in it, and I'm thinking about upgrading to Phanton grip LSD in the front. Has anyone other than Mudrat done this conversion? If so, what all is involved? Like should I pay a tranny specialist to install it, or can I add the pieces that is needed? Also, how do you think its going to handle, having phantom grip LSD in the front and VLSD in the rear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chazmataz Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Is there anybody else out there, i would also like to know and how they are holding up too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torxxx Posted March 3, 2006 Author Share Posted March 3, 2006 bump bump... thats the sounds comin from my trunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbchux Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 I've heard VERY bad things about phantom grip, especially in an offroad situation. WJM, however, found that an aftermarket LSD for any 5-speed subaru tranny will fit, using the stock ring and pinion of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torxxx Posted March 4, 2006 Author Share Posted March 4, 2006 numbchux, can u point me in the direction of what you heard against phantom? I'd like to read into it and see what the problems were. Anyways, my tranny stopped ticking. I guess that bearing must still have a lil life left in it. Anyone else have any ideas on what woulda made that noise? it was revolution based ticking coming from the front of the tranny. When I push the clutch in, the noise would stop. (meaning it was a moving part in the tranny, when the clutch is in, the part stops moving) I put a brand new subaru flywheel, pressure plate, pilot bearing and clutch disc in after it started makin noise because I thought it was the pilot bearing. It made noise for about a day and a half and then it stopped. I've never heard of bearings making noise and then stopping, so its got me wondering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbchux Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 WJM has said that phantom-grip is pretty crappy and I beleive Jibs had the only DR, phantom-gripped tranny that mudrat made (I haven't heard of others at least) and he's been out of a tranny for a few months now, and I don't think it's because Mudrat did a bad job of rebuilding it. I also remember seeing something on MN-Jeep about someone using one....but I don't remember where, I'll look into it for you oh yea, forester_ranger had a DR box with a phantom grip in it that John built, but I don't think that got wheeled very hard....if at all.....nor have I heard anything from him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumby Boy Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 what about the through out bearing did you replace that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torxxx Posted March 4, 2006 Author Share Posted March 4, 2006 throw out bearing was replaced this fall due to a banshee squeal it developed. I just started it for the first time this morning, and it seems to be working fine I'm going to change over to synthetic today and see if that keeps it quiet Numbchux- thanks for the heads up on the forrester DR job. I havent kept track of it since it was done. I beleive that he most likely had tranny problems with that because the backlash and shims were used right when it was rebuilt. I've talked to quite a few tranny shops and they say that even with the simple rear end LSD conversion, the backlash has to be right or you will toast a LSD unit and be back to open diff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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