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The dealer told me I had installed the seal fine, flush with transmission. They thought the leak was definitely the result of defect on the reman axle. If you do get an autozone 7336 it may work fine, but I know I got 2 that must have been part of the defective reman group. I'm not sure how many axles had the defect, just be prepared to do some returns if you notice it leaking.

Well I took my car to the dealer, they felt it was the remanufactured axles that were the problem. They said a while back their own remans actually had a problem where when refurbished the part where the seal rides had a very slight spiral cut or pattern. Basically this worked fine on the drivers side as the natural tendency was to pull the oil back towards the transmission. But on the passenger side that spiral tended to push oil out of the seal. So it would only leak while driving, when stationary there was no problem. I thought I read somewhere that the Autozone 7336 were remanufactured by the same place that Subaru had their axles remanufactured so if true that would make sense on the problem. So, all I can say is those of you buying Autozone 7336 axles be careful. Both axles I got from Autozone recently had that spiral cut problem and leaked.

Can anyone get those tools, or only dealerships? Do you know where to order them?

Well the seal is still leaking, looks like I may just have to go to the dealer. It only leaks after I've driven it around, won't leak just sitting in the garage overnight. I'm frustrated to say the least. I've now installed it with a new seal (verified it was Passenger side part# 806735230) and a reman axle from autozone part 7336. It leaked so I exchanged it for another 7336 at autozone in case something was bad with the first axle, and I bought another axle seal from subaru. I went to a hardware store and bought a short pvc adapter that just fit over the outer edge of the seal and used that to install it into the transmission so the seal edge, the hard outer part, is flush with the transmission face. I used some transmission oil to lube the axle as I carefully installed it into the transmission, so I really do not think the seal was damaged at all. All I can really think is that these autozone 7336 axles that were recommended in this thread are not so great anymore. Maybe however they remanufacture them now takes too much material off where the seal meets the axle? Anyone have a stock subaru axle laying around and could measure the diameter on the axle where the seal sits? I returned my stock axle to autozone a while back for the core refund.

Ok, what is the trick to installing a new oil seal? First time around I installed the new axle and left the old seal in as I felt it and didn't notice any tears or anything, seemed fine. I noticed a slow leak from that spot later though. So I took it back apart and put in the new seal I had bought before. I thought I had it in just fine but its still leaking from that same spot. I got under there and verified the oil is not coming from anywhere else. What is the best way to install the new oil seal? How far should it be pushed in?

No issues, other than ball joint not coming out of the knuckle. I just removed the castle nut on the bottom instead. I did buy a seal for the axle but didn't have to use it.

Thanks to all the tips in this thread, I replaced my passenger front axle over the weekend. Used an autozone 7336, came with new axle nut and is driving great, no unusual noises. Also finally replaced the lower control arm bushings and installed new Moog sway bar endlinks. This forum is great for "how-to" stuff.

Thank you!

Anyone know the part number for the seal between the diff and the axle? I need to replace my passenger side front axle and from reading this thread sounds like I should have a spare on hand.

Yes, 15% is the max the ecu can account for. Your -14.7 means your're running rich in that area though, the car is pulling fuel. Odd that A,B, and D seem OK but C is out of whack. Probably need to rescale your MAF for that area.

Dang it, I would love to finally go on a local Subie cruze. Especially to Duluth as that is a great city. Oct 10-11th is pheasant opener though, I don't think my yellow lab would ever forgive me if I didn't take her hunting that weekend.

I'd be down for a meet, haven't done one in really long time. And it sounds like there are finally some other wagon people. Anybody interested in going to Brainerd drag strip sometime? I've always thought about going but just haven't yet, really want to see what the grocery getter can do, especially after I get my 18g installed.

HIDs were easy, and I do recommend doing them. Clearing the headlights also wasn't too bad. I ran the headlights just clear for a while, then decided to black them out. That was a bitch, when I masked off the chrome around the blinker and the ring around the projector, the masking tape peeled the chrome off in spots so it looked like crap. So, after spending all day sanding the entire light assembly, painting part a bright silver and the rest black they finally look good.

To the black jeep SRT8 at the Rogers theater, sorry forgot to include my forum name when I replied back. Just in case you're searching, I had the regal blue wagon. Nice GC SRT8 by the way, I've always liked how those look, and no front plate on the front makes them very clean.