SkiDaddy

I ended up using a breaker bar & socket on the crank pulley. I was worried some of the flywheel bolts were REALLY tight & might break the crank bolt loose, but it worked out OK. Some of them were tighter than 70 foot-pounds! The access holes for the flywheel bolts didn't line up, had to use a hammer & drift to shift the alignment slightly.

I wasn't going to grind the turbo, but the transmission bellhousing....

OK, I've read all this thread, watched the video, & now have the trans seperated and the clutch out of the car. Thanks to all for this great info.

I'm replacing the FW & complete clutch assy. TorxPlus T50 arrives today; how do you hold the flywheel from turning w/out the Subaru tool?

As to trans/turbo clearance; has anyone judiciously filed away a small porting of the trans where it interferes, or maybe filed away enough to make a heavy chamfer to ease installation? The case seems plenty strong enough....

One of my CV axle seal springs came out; any tips on getting it back in correctly w/out pulling (likely damaging) the seal?

Thanks.

Pics are back!

Maybe it was my work computer?

I made a tool to hold the driver's side cams together, I'll add a pic when I replace the belt.

Any one know the torque on the harmonic balancer bolt for reinstallation? Use blue loctite?

Pictures are gone on page one? Can the original poster please fix this?

Thanks.

Seriously guys - Even at 80 MPH, the car is very quiet, with the only noticeable noise coming from the A-pillar area from crosswinds and from tire noise. (Yes, I used Dynamat Extreme on the front doors when installing the stereo - but even before that there was no noticeable noise from the doors.)

I'd rather put effort into fixing the wind noise & reducing tire noise. Any suggestions on how to effeciently fix these areas?

My hunch would be no simply because the high pass filter would allready have to be in the headunit for this to happen. However if you turn up the gain on the OEM sub and thus turn down the bass on the HU you are kind of achieving the same thing.

I agree with the effect of turning down the bass on the HU, just wondering since the way the sub is hooked up ~might~ mean there was a high pass filter.

First off, nice work, thanks for putting it together.

Now my addendum question; if you add the OEM Subaru sub, does it relieve the other speakers of having to reproduce very low frequencies (in effect, a high pass filter)?