Replacing ARB - to jack or not to jack?

[nickmac209]

Replacing ARB on JDM Forester STB - should I jack up the car or keep on ramps? Heard somewhere that you should keep car weight on the springs? Is this correct? Plus can I get away with 19mm arb bushes on a 20mm diameter arb?

[JontyB4]

On my Legacy I kept weight on the wheels when changing my rear ARB to a Cusco one. It just means that the droplink bolts line up correctly so you can get them off. If there was no weight on the wheels it may be a struggle trying to line up the holes for the bolts.

You should also be OK with 19mm bushes on a 20mm bar my Cusco came with 16mm bushes for an 18mm bar and fitted no problems as long as they were cut on the flat part of the 'D'.

[nickmac209]

JontyB4 said:

On my Legacy I kept weight on the wheels when changing my rear ARB to a Cusco one. It just means that the droplink bolts line up correctly so you can get them off. If there was no weight on the wheels it may be a struggle trying to line up the holes for the bolts.

You should also be OK with 19mm bushes on a 20mm bar my Cusco came with 16mm bushes for an 18mm bar and fitted no problems as long as they were cut on the flat part of the 'D'.

Thanks for the info! BTW that is a very nice Legacy - what's it like - drive - ownership etc?

[JontyB4]

Thanks chief

I love my Leggy, had a few things done so far like cambelt, new radiator, tyres etc. Looking into a few upgrades like 4 pot Impreza brakes, poly bushes here and there and a straight through centre pipe for the exhaust to free the noise! Getting around 24mpg which isn't too shocking I think for a Subaru.

It drives very well, I'll never get bored of the twin turbo power delivery and once in this zone it really flies. Also really rate the handling, not much body roll and tons of grip so you can really chuck it in the corners and it just holds on.

[markCSC]

Hi Nick,

If you haven't done it already, this should help

http://bbs.scoobynet.com/technical-topics-archive-...