TRNW-2: Subaru TR580 bearing noise

[Chris and Cathy Kershaw]

Here is the tool we bought https://ebay.us/m/rkShOK. Transtar numbers, for
the bearings d823236, d823229.



On Sat, Dec 20, 2025 at 8:26 AM Steve Everett via trnw2 <trnw2 at trnw.net>
wrote:

>    We're supposed to have a core somewhere for one of these,  if so I'll
> take it apart first so I know what I'm getting into, manager originally
> sold the customer a used trans ,  supposedly less than 20k miles?  but its
> noisy, almost as noisy as the original one,  so I'm going to see if I can
> fix the "used" one ,  if its fixable,  very few shops around Atlanta will
> take in a Subaru,  pretty sure the manager won't take any more after this
> one
>
>    Steve
>
> On Fri, Dec 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM Ryan D <ryan4r100 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I had one I changed the bearing on the back of the pulley. I didn't have
>> to disassemble the pulleys. I had a used trans with a good donor bearing.
>> There's videos on youtube for tear down and rebuild I believe.
>>
>> On Friday, December 19, 2025, Steve Everett via trnw2 <trnw2 at trnw.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>  I've never attempted one of these units,  just curious if anyone knows
>>> how much of a hassle they are to replace pulley bearings ?  likely the
>>> primary pulley bearing from what I've researched,  I know they are hard to
>>> find,  apparently Ebay is the only readily available source I've found
>>>
>>>   Steve
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ryan
>>
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