10thgroupvet

Not sure if anyone is even reading this anymore, but here goes. I thought I'd lost 4th gear (of all gears). The synchro seemed shot, and I had to rev match to get it in to 4th (up and down). Then I burned up my ACT Street clutch. So, I put in an ACT 6 puck, sprung-hub, and thought I'd drive it till the tranny gave up for good. After the clutch install, 4th gear seems to have fixed itself. I know that can't be true, and that perhaps the first ACT was not totally disengaging or something. But 4th was still a problem as that clutch wore to nothing. Anyway, I expect the problem will reappear, but it's been almost 8,000 miles on the new clutch, and I have zero problems. I did change the tranny fluid when I put in the clutch, but the car only had 28K on it, so I doubt the fluid was so messed up that it effected the synchros. But maybe?

Was going to install a ACT HDSS in my car (375wtq), but the guys at IAG (Maryland) just had a car with almost exact numbers spin that clutch under a straight 3rd gear torque load (not a clutch dump). So, I'm going with the ACT 6 puck with sprung hub and the ACT street flywheel. Still supposed to be decently streetable. Life will be shorter, but I'm always deployed anyway, so for me 10,000 miles is about 5 years.

XT-Limited, 5MT and destined to be among the fastest Outbacks.