VR4Rob Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 I have searched through the forums but didn't turn up much on the snout repair kit like the one here: http://www.subaruwrxparts.com/products/5mt-transmission-snout-repair-kit-turbo-p-980.html To give a little background, I bought my car a few months ago with 69K on it and it had a very faint noise that seemed like TOB noise (from what I've read here.) The car drove fine and held the power fine until about 72K where I started getting some random chatter in the clutch along with a pretty nasty sounding noise when the clutch was disengaged (clutch pedal in.) Over the past 1500 miles the noise got louder and louder and the clutch chatter got worse but the clutch still held just fine with no abnormal slipping. At this point I decided to go ahead and replace the clutch and do the snout repair kit mod, if nothing else as preventative maintenance. I was taking my time but the clutch decided to completely die a few days ago. The car is completely undriveable and is making a horrendous noise along with some smoke, so my theory is that a spring from the friction disk popped out and trashed/is trashing the friction disk and flywheel. Anyway, I plan to replace the stock clutch with an 06 WRX flywheel and ACT clutch. A few questions I have are: Will the snout repair kit still work with this clutch + flywheel combo? Do I need a different TOB than what's going to be included with a clutch kit? Does the snout repair kit include the different TOB that I need? It looks like a TOB like device from the pictures but I'm not sure. Thanks a lot for answering my questions. I hope I was clear in my post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRSCobra Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 You'll be needing the TSK-3, and it comes with the TOB to use. This new bearing has a larger inner diameter to accomodate the size of the sleeve, and comes with a sticker to place under the hood with the replacement TOB part number. The TOB from the clutch kit won't even fit over the sleeve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VR4Rob Posted June 7, 2009 Author Share Posted June 7, 2009 You'll be needing the TSK-3, and it comes with the TOB to use. This new bearing has a larger inner diameter to accomodate the size of the sleeve, and comes with a sticker to place under the hood with the replacement TOB part number. The TOB from the clutch kit won't even fit over the sleeve. Excellent, thank you for the response So I'm guessing this TOB in the repair kit should work with the ACT clutch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRSCobra Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 These kits are available at many subaru dealers for an OE replacement, so it should work. I'm running one with my spec stage 2+ clutch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VR4Rob Posted June 7, 2009 Author Share Posted June 7, 2009 Good to know. I will ask Fred Beans Subaru on Monday before placing my order Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRSCobra Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Fred beans can't get them. I ordered my clutch/FW setup from them and I had to get the TSK3 locally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VR4Rob Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 Fred beans can't get them. I ordered my clutch/FW setup from them and I had to get the TSK3 locally. No worries, I ordered mine from the link I posted above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VR4Rob Posted June 9, 2009 Author Share Posted June 9, 2009 Well I placed my order with Fred Beans today for the clutch. They were extremely helpful, and as many others on the board I would highly recommend them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rony Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 I got my TSK3 from Subaru of Dallas. My Car vBGarage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VR4Rob Posted June 13, 2009 Author Share Posted June 13, 2009 The man in the brown truck delivered my clutch yesterday... should be a fun weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VR4Rob Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 Everything this weekend was going so well until I was ready to put the trans back in the car with the new clutch... I had a TSK-2 kit unfortunately. The TSK-2 throwout bearing does NOT work with our clutch fork. SubaruWRXParts was very nice about the ordeal though and is over-nighting me the correct TSK-3 kit. Hopefully the trans will go back on smoothly and I'll be driving my wagon tomorrow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRSCobra Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Yeah, I did that same thing, but the dealer had a TSK-3 in stock as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VR4Rob Posted June 19, 2009 Author Share Posted June 19, 2009 An update: With the correct TSK, the car went back together very smoothly and I'm about 150 miles into my break in period with the new clutch and FW combo. I LOVE it so far and I'm very happy to have my car back with a non-noisy TOB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Industries Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Do to situations like yours PDM has altered thier part number system or reference system so you can use your vin number to identify what factory bearing you need and cross reference it with the TSK series sleeves. Just call your local dealer and give them the vin number and ask them what part number the throw-out bearing is. This eliminates confusion and weeds out production date mishaps. Good to hear you are happy with the results so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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