sorry for making fun of your skills andy.
=)
ha, no…
doubt that
Yes, hence “symmetrical all wheel drive”. The engine is in front on the transmission, and the trans is directly inline with the rear differeential. I know, a hard concept to grasp for those who have only worked on modern cars. But this CRAZY idea of symmetry in a drivetrain is not unique to subaru.
Is this a ver. 7+ thing I could have sworn all the axles I changed had a retainer, or am I using the wrong terminology? Im thinking of the ring with a break in it seated in the splines of the shaft. Is a roll pin something else?
As far as I know john didn’t have an STi tranmission at that time, all of the STi’s I have worked on have axles that slip out as opposed to roll pins like the standard WRX
Well i know for sure the rear axles have retainer rings. And Ive only changed a couple fronts on his car but I believe one was on the dog box and the other was the 6speed USDM synchro boxarooo, and they used the same axles.
But what do i know. It’s been a while since I’ve gotten that deep into a Subaru so i could be wrong.
sometimes it takes 33 mins to admit such a thing. props, man - a lot of people wouldn’t do that. good luck with the clutch job from here :tup:
Sometimes we all don’t give credit where it’s due perhaps and jump to conclusions. http://www.nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?p=448671#post448671
It’s all good man. I don’t know a 1/4 of the people on this forum and what they are capable of.
cool…
That’s not why they call it symmetrical all wheel drive. Subaru has always used that engine/trans layout, even before all their cars became AWD. Based on this comment, and your vast wisdom on the WRX TR in another thread recently, you might be well served to spend some time on the Subaru website.
Please compile a list of all the other cars with the same layout Subaru uses. I’d love to find out.