TRNW-2: Subaru TR580 bearing noise

[Steve Everett]

  The Adapt a case tool does the same thing as the one he posted,  or at
least this one will allow me to release the variator pulley so I can get
the chain off,   I had to figure out how to get everything apart, as I
couldn't find a good detailed procedure,  I watched the Crumudgeon video
but it seemed he was also trying to figure it out ?

   If I can get it back together without a lot of hassle I'll be more
likely to tackle another one,   we'll see !

   Steve

On Tue, Dec 30, 2025 at 7:53 AM Tod Chretien via trnw2 <trnw2 at trnw.net>
wrote:

> You aren't giving my much confidence in rebuilding mine now Steve. If you
> don't think you want to mess with another one, I'm not so sure I want to
> mess with one either. LOL
>
> Are you saying you needed an additional tool to the one Chris posted? Or
> you just need that one? https://ebay.us/m/rkShOK
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Tod Chretien
> TRNW Inc.https://www.trnw.net
>
> On 12/29/2025 3:34 PM, Steve Everett via trnw2 wrote:
>
> I got the TR580 partially apart,  but realized I needed one of the tools
> in order to get the pulleys apart correctly,  so we've ordered the Adapt a
> case tool for the variator pulley,  should have it in a couple days,   All
> I can say is I'm not sure I want to fool with another one of these ?   this
> one had a plastic baffle surrounding the pulleys instead of the metal one
> I've seen in videos,
>
>      Steve
>
> On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM Chris and Cathy Kershaw via trnw2 <
> trnw2 at trnw.net> wrote:
>
>> 126,020 when we did this one
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM Tod Chretien via trnw2 <trnw2 at trnw.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Ryan
>>>>>
>>>> This message was sent from the TRNW Technical Discussion Forum (trnw2).
>>>> You were sent this message because you have subscribed to our mailing list.
>>>> If you don't want to receive these emails from TRNW in the future, please
>>>> unsubscribe here:
>>>> https://www.trnw.net/unsubscribe.php?forum=2
>>>> TRNW Inc., 2825 Walnut Terrace, Modesto, CA 95355
>>>
>>>
>>> This message was sent from the TRNW Technical Discussion Forum (trnw2). You were sent this message because you have subscribed to our mailing list. If you don't want to receive these emails from TRNW in the future, please unsubscribe here:https://www.trnw.net/unsubscribe.php?forum=2
>>> TRNW Inc., 2825 Walnut Terrace, Modesto, CA 95355
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Tod Chretien
>>> TRNW Inc.https://www.trnw.net
>>>
>>> This message was sent from the TRNW Technical Discussion Forum (trnw2).
>>> You were sent this message because you have subscribed to our mailing list.
>>> If you don't want to receive these emails from TRNW in the future, please
>>> unsubscribe here:
>>> https://www.trnw.net/unsubscribe.php?forum=2
>>> TRNW Inc., 2825 Walnut Terrace, Modesto, CA 95355
>>
>> This message was sent from the TRNW Technical Discussion Forum (trnw2).
>> You were sent this message because you have subscribed to our mailing list.
>> If you don't want to receive these emails from TRNW in the future, please
>> unsubscribe here:
>> https://www.trnw.net/unsubscribe.php?forum=2
>> TRNW Inc., 2825 Walnut Terrace, Modesto, CA 95355
>
>
> This message was sent from the TRNW Technical Discussion Forum (trnw2). You were sent this message because you have subscribed to our mailing list. If you don't want to receive these emails from TRNW in the future, please unsubscribe here:https://www.trnw.net/unsubscribe.php?forum=2
> TRNW Inc., 2825 Walnut Terrace, Modesto, CA 95355
>
> This message was sent from the TRNW Technical Discussion Forum (trnw2).
> You were sent this message because you have subscribed to our mailing list.
> If you don't want to receive these emails from TRNW in the future, please
> unsubscribe here:
> https://www.trnw.net/unsubscribe.php?forum=2
> TRNW Inc., 2825 Walnut Terrace, Modesto, CA 95355
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.trnw.net/pipermail/trnw2/attachments/20251230/60324a9b/attachment.html>