Excuse my absolute ignorance on this subject but I'm at my breaking point here and I'm trying to get my wife's car back on the road.
A little back story first. In '08 my the clutch on our 2005 outback 2.5XT (ej255) started to slip pretty bad and we brought it to a local shop in our area. They said the FW (dual Mass) was pretty bad and should be replaced as well. I looked at it and it was in indeed in bad shape. So the replaced it and life was good until recently the clutch started to slip again. No biggie this time I had time to do the repair myself so I ordered the new clutch opened up the case and go to install and immediately notice that the TOB is completely different! I call around to all the parts stores in my area and find out that there are 2 different clutch setups that could possibly be on my car 1 is for the Dual mass FW the other is for the solid FW. I looked at my FW and duh its the solid one. The carquest in my area had the Exedy clutch for the Solid FW set up with the correct TOB so I scooped it up. I put on the clutch then go to put the clutch cover on and the holes for the 3 pins to hold the clutch on don't line up! Motherf*#er!!! They are off by fractions of a mm! I'm totally lost as to what the issue is I go to put the old cover on and it fits no problem. Then i realize that old clutch is branded SACHS Subaru I look at the FW and it say SACHS as well! The only place I can get this clutch is the dealership and they are saying it would be 2 day's before they can get it in.
OK so I have w questions:
1. Is there another direct replacement kit for the disc, TOB, pressure plate that I can get without special ordering that will fit the SACHS flywheel?
3. I see alot fo mention of the 06 WRX FW being a cheaper replacement. Where can I get this and would one of the Exedy clutch kits that I got fit this?
Thanks
