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LOL! Goon.. gotta love the story.. Thanks again fellas for all your input here. In answer to all of you so far: Regarding the tailshaft... yep, I've been checking that every time I get under there for play. I give it a good heave ho in every direction to try to find some play in it but it always fee...

Believe it or not I'm still waiting for this shop to sort out what they're doing about these CVs. The fellow finally agreed that they are indeed from a supplier who never seems to get the inner joints quite right. (Well duh!) I've minimised driving the car in the last couple of months so as not to w...

Ok guys, I had the discs machined - on car - which is the best option. THe fellow who did it measured how far out they were and he said that one side was out by 5 thou and would have given some shuddering effect. Perfectly even on both sides now, the brakes are infinitely better with regards to shud...

Ok, finally getting around to having a look at that cluster now. No quicker way to work this out than to check those circuit diagrams... Suparoo... do you have those?

Hmm.. I don't have any spare CV outer joints on their own. Full shafts... but I'm not keen on separating them.. don't know how. Yes, I did rotate the tyres too. S**t, what haven't I done?? LOL I'm actually a little tempted to swap over the discs and calipers from the old hubs that I still have from ...

I don't know for sure about that being a problem really. As said in an earlier post, they are a pretty tough diff. The same kind used in Datto 1600s that are used in rallys and they're always in rwd. There have also been some pretty well modified Subies, one Brumby comes to mind featured in a Hot4s ...

Can't take the front shafts out... the hubs are all bolted together on the basis of the CV shaft holding them all together. As for the bushes... yeah... I checked them all out for the two best ones to choose from and I only had those replaced a couple of years back anyway. I appreciate those ideas t...

Thanks again for the suggestions... yes, I did tighten the radius rod bushes, even changed the whole lower control arm and radious rod in one piece for a spare I had just two weeks ago. I've checked on it since too and I'm buggered if I can get it any tighter. Regarding the shudder under braking... ...

LOL! Paint the brakes red... I like it.

Yes, I could try swapping the tailshaft over for that of my spare parts car. I've thought about that one too. Again comes the question of why the shuddering is inconsistent. If the tailshaft was out of balance then it would rear its ugly head all the time. Just quickly on removing the tailshaft... d...

If I were you, I'd check with the RTA and/or your insurer as to what would be approved (unless someone else here knows the real deal with it). Eg. you pull the fuse out and then forget to put it in again when you hit the tarmac again and you smash up the front so as not to be able to put the ABS fus...

Absolutely this is a necessary modification for off roading. In muddy (or indeed sandy) conditions the ABS doesn't allow the wheels to lock up when you actually need them to and hey presto, you can have you, your family and the family car loaded with all your belongings heading backwards fast down a...

Welcome to the club mate... this means that you'll be joining the dozens/hundreds of others here online scouting for the rear discs from an RX (rare) to swap over unless you've got in mind to do the 5 stud conversion which makes brakes a much easier job to find since they're from Libertys or Impreza...

Thanks all for your suggestions. I've checked off all of them considering the evidence and there's still no solution yet. I just changed the steering rack for another power steer one just last week(needed doing anyway). I counted the splines of the first and second pair of CV's I got from the suppli...

Trip is Outback friendly except one part that "may" require some care to avoid a scrape. Meeting at Thornleigh Maccas at 8:30am Sunday. The last couple of days has seen me become too tired to do this relatively long day trip with the two young boys in the back and my L still needs to have a vibratio...

More than half of the colours aren't consistent so I'll check them all out manually with a multimeter and some advice from my father - specialises in auto gauges.

That'd be great. I've got a spare dash out of another DL so I've been looking at the connectors and circuitry just these last few minutes (now the kids are in bed). I should be able to cut the sockets off the spare DL cluster and use them to replace the sockets on the Touring Wagon cluster. Shouldn'...

I have just acquired a gauge cluster from a Touring Wagon that includes the tacho that my DL's dash doesn't. From what I've looked at, it should simply plug straight in and work. Are there any inconsistencies between the wiring from factory? The only difference I am after is the tacho of course and ...

I've got an inconsistent steering shudder that is quite noticeable. I've replaced everything from CV's and lower control arm to bearings and wheels in the past months and it's continued. I've taken it to the mechanic for a wheel alignment and they had a thorough look over. The near side (passenger s...

One good trip deserves another I say. This Sunday I'm going to tag along with the NSW Subaru and Recreational 4WD Club on a trip through the Watagans. I'll get some more details and post them here or you can go to their website http://www.subaruclub.com.au/cms/index.php to find out more. If you aren...