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Old 05-30-2005, 07:38 PM
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Rebuilt SVX transmissions 101

I just wanted to make a thread with a concern I have about when people are selling their cars, or buying a used transmission for an Svx.
I see cars for-sale with rebuilt transmissions or used transmissions for sale saying they are rebuilt.
Thats all well and good, but one thing most people dont know is this:
When ANY shop including SUBARU remans or rebuilds a
Svx trans ( or any trans for that matter) they dont replace
any of the hard parts. Main shafts, gears and most importantly....FRONT DIFFERENTIALS Ring and Pinion.
So of course they all offer a warranty on the trans, with the exception of these parts breaking. This means your rebuilt trans still has a front diff with alot of miles on it. Just the rest is new.
So the diff can still break anytime...maybe soon maybe not.
I bought a car off the net, advertised 15k miles on new Subaru reman trans,....the day it was being delivered to me
the front diff "wammo" broke....Zero Warranty.
The Subaru and other companys dont offer new front ring and pinions in the OE ratio anymore. So they dont replace them when rebuilding them just in case.
Even the transmissions my guy builds for me doesnt offer a warranty on the front diff.
Just keep this in mind when buying a used Svx or used transmission.
Im personally working on trying to get a company to start making me new ring and pinions, but not sure how its going to go.
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