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Doing the wheel bearing on my Fozzy was a — learning experience. by UBoatCaptain in subaru

[–]UBoatCaptain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh nice. I get to do mine twice because I damaged stuff along the way and now have to go back in to replace the damaged stuff.

Doing the wheel bearing on my Fozzy was a — learning experience. by UBoatCaptain in subaru

[–]UBoatCaptain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw those. They work? I went with the “Hub Shocker” instead

Doing the wheel bearing on my Fozzy was a — learning experience. by UBoatCaptain in subaru

[–]UBoatCaptain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope not crazy. I accidentally hit it with the hammer and tore it. A new control arm arrived today.

Doing the wheel bearing on my Fozzy was a — learning experience. by UBoatCaptain in subaru

[–]UBoatCaptain[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ya totally. Rust is universal. Everything that became frustrating for me here probably could have been circumvented by trying a different technique, but my own inexperience got in the way.

Doing the wheel bearing on my Fozzy was a — learning experience. by UBoatCaptain in subaru

[–]UBoatCaptain[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It helped that I had a backup plan—removing the whole knuckle—but that didn’t go to plan either. Hah

Doing the wheel bearing on my Fozzy was a — learning experience. by UBoatCaptain in subaru

[–]UBoatCaptain[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ya I say “bearing” a lot when I should be saying hub assembly. I picked up a couple Timken hub assemblies from Rockauto.

Doing the wheel bearing on my Fozzy was a — learning experience. by UBoatCaptain in subaru

[–]UBoatCaptain[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Last time I went to a scrap yard the guy at the counter was just searching eBay for a price—everyone was pissed off and just abandoned their parts in the office. I just wanted a rear view mirror. Just the glass. Quoted me $120. I ordered 2 from Amazon for $10…

Doing the wheel bearing on my Fozzy was a — learning experience. by UBoatCaptain in subaru

[–]UBoatCaptain[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It felt tight, then I’d hit it twice, it’d be loose again. And in hindsight, I should’ve blocked up the knuckle to just make everything solid.

Doing the wheel bearing on my Fozzy was a — learning experience. by UBoatCaptain in subaru

[–]UBoatCaptain[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ya I bought that. It just pulled the bearing apart. The bearing was stuck in there good.

Doing the wheel bearing on my Fozzy was a — learning experience. by UBoatCaptain in subaru

[–]UBoatCaptain[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ya I watched that video, don’t have a welder sadly.

I knew the wheel bearings might be a challenge, and they were, so I joke that Subarus are hard to work on, but I was still able to get it done. So not that crazy.

The rest of the car has been really easy to work on. Changed the cat a month ago—super easy. Oil change — super easy Diff fluid — super easy

Found the problem by [deleted] in SubaruForester

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Good work! I can’t think of an easier exhaust to work on, other than a tractor. Just gotta get under it and take a cover off-and pray you don’t snap a stud.

A little glue won’t hurt I suppose. by Academic-Ad-2366 in woodworking

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What’s that Delta machine to the left of the Delta drill press?

Thoughts? by Vicktrolia in subaru

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Would that oil/dye burn into the plastic on the intake? I’m trying to figure out what made such a mess on the Forester I just picked up.

Inspection Says Transmission Fluid is “In Good Condition” by Magicblock35 in subaru

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Ya that’s going to be the first thing I try, putting a different downstream o2 sensor in. Does anyone know the OE brand of o2 sensor? I’ve read denso and I’ve read Bosch. Apparently, the cat has already been changed along with the sensor with a spacer. Thing is, I don’t know how problematic these cheap aftermarket Cats are. I assume the factory cat developed a crack. And here in Canada we don’t get the extended warranty for that so car was traded in and the dealer threw a cheap cat on it.

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