Subaru Legacy

since 1990-1998 release

Repair and operation of the car

Subaru Legacy
+ 1.1. Identification numbers
+ 2. Maintenance
+ 3. Engines
+ 4. Heating, ventilation
+ 5. Fuel system
+ 6. Exhaust system
+ 7. Systems of start, ignition
- 8. Transmissions
   + 8.1. Mechanical transmission
   - 8.2. Automatic transmission
      8.2.1. Introduction
      8.2.2. Technical characteristics
      8.2.3. Diagnostics of leak of operational liquids
      8.2.4. Lever and cable of gear shifting
      8.2.5. Cable of the choice of transfers
      8.2.6. Switch of blocking of a starter and light of a backing
      8.2.7. Replacement of sealing rings
      8.2.8. Check and replacement of support of the transmission
      8.2.9. Adjustment of a brake tape
      8.2.10. Removal and installation of the transmission
+ 9. Coupling, shaft
+ 10. Brake system
+ 11. Suspension bracket
+ 12. Steering
+ 13. Body
+ 14. Electric equipment

8.2.7. Replacement of sealing rings

GENERAL INFORMATION

Liquid leak often arises because of wear of sealing rings of power shafts and / or a sealing ring of a gear wheel of the drive of a speedometer. Replacement of sealing rings does not represent complexity as it can be made without removal of the transmission from the car.

SEALING RING OF THE DRIVESHAFT (ONLY MODEL 4WD)

The sealing ring of the driveshaft is located in the back end of the transmission.

PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. Disconnect the driveshaft from the transmission.
	2. Using the screw-driver or the tool like a claw, take a sealing ring from a nest in a back part of the transmission.
	3. Grease working edges of a new sealing ring with transmission liquid and, using a tubular mandrel, establish a sealing ring in a nest in a back part of the transmission.
4. Grease vents of the conducted shaft and the outer side of the plug of the driveshaft with a thin layer of lubricant and install the driveshaft in the transmission.
5. Lower the car.

SEALING RING OF THE SENSOR OF THE DRIVE OF THE SPEEDOMETER

PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. On early models disconnect a speedometer drive cable from the transmission. On later models disconnect the electric socket from the speed sensor.
	2. Unscrew a bolt and take the mechanism of the drive of a speedometer or the sensor of speed.
	3. Replace a sealing ring of round section on the mechanism of the drive of a speedometer and grease it with a thin butter layer.
4. Installation is made in the sequence, the return to removal.