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Apr 30, 2018 | 06:18 AM

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Monday full of questions

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Originally Posted by Vladi

Subaru, you 'tarded. How do you engineer an axle that you CANNOT replace an outer boot on? I mean..........that's just insanely stupid.

So my solution, pull the boot off a spare toyota axle, which ended up being the exact same size and fit perfect.

Thanks Toyota, for fixing subaru's stupid problems.

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Originally Posted by the1_thedave

Oh Nice one. I need to fix both of my front outer axle boots. What Toyota axle did you pull them from?

Would like to know as well.

BRZ/FRS stuffs?
STi stuffs?

What was used for what?

Apr 30, 2018 | 06:21 AM

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Apr 30, 2018 | 08:23 AM

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Apr 30, 2018 | 08:53 AM

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Apr 30, 2018 | 01:41 PM

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where do i find sleep?

We forgot it in Montana.

Apr 30, 2018 | 02:56 PM

Vladi

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I think it was from a prius HAHAHA. I'll have to check. It was just a spare axle we had laying around the shop.

If you guys want the easi(er) route, just take yours off, go to parts store and match sizes. I'm sure there are hundreds of cars out there with similar/same boots.

My theory for why they did it so dumb is this: they were too lazy to design the axle to come apart on the outside (the circlip simply does not come out unless you want to demolish it), so to replace the outer boot, you gotta remove the inner, remove the bearings and sprocket, slide everything off, ONLY THEN can you replace the outer boot, sliding off/on from the inside.

Really dumb, I know, but that's subaru for ya.

Last edited by Vladi; Apr 30, 2018 at 03:00 PM.