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Old 04-09-2006, 03:05 AM
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Yea..sorry. Wrong terminology. It was the trailing arm bolt. Ended up fashioning a 3' breaker setup for each side of the bolt (head and nut both). Two big guys putting all they have into it finally got it to break loose. We had to do about 4 or 5 raps on it with full breaker bars before we were able to use juse a regular ratchet. It was rediculous.

Then, all went smoothly until I pressed out the hub. The old outside inner race was, of course, still attached to the hub. I had no way of creating a strong lip behind the inner race to press it off. Fortunately, a friend of mine had the exact tool I needed. It was all smooth sailing from there on out except for dropping fresly greased seals on dirty floors and having to clean and re-grease them

Anyway, it's finished now. It was worth it.

It was odd when I pressed out the old bearing. There was definitely some friction going on in there, and the reason was that about 5 of the rollers has rotated themselves 90deg to an "on end" position. It was rediculous. Old grease was also shot.

I can't thank you guys enough for all the help!
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Time for my very own long list of mods:
92 SVX LS-L - Ebony Pearl - 2002 WRX 5MT trans w/STi gearset (rebuilt & installed myself ) - BMW E46 HID retrofit - Kenwood Headunit - Phoenix Gold 75x4 RMS amp - Alpine Type R 6.5" front components - Alpine Type R 6x9 3way rear speakers - 18"x9" Rota G-Force wheels w/225/40ZR18 Toyo T1R's - Mychailo's custom springs - Urethane front & rear sway bar bushings - KC exhaust (2.5" dual magnaflow) - Escaine seat swap - Removed Spoiler

I don't care if Subaru says it's STI...it will always be STi to me
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