TRNW-2: Subaru TR580 bearing noise

[Tod Chretien]

Nice! My wife drives one of those. I may be in the market. LOL

How many miles are on that thing Chris?

Tod

On 12/22/2025 7:09 AM, Chris and Cathy Kershaw via trnw2 wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
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