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Monday before Thanksgiving, heading home from work, my '86 BRAT broke down. Not good, 25 miles to go yet before I get home. Lost some power from engine while...
... Tom - Good heads-up info for the future for those of us running Webers. Over the past 12+ months, my radiator had been drinking water/coolant. Pulled...
Best thing anyone can do for their own peace of mind when doing a Weber swap is to pull intake manifold off and have that coolant hole heli-arced closed. I'll...
One other option is to drill it round, tap it, and install a set screw with lock-tite. This is fairly common in blocking off the oil and coolant passages. ...
thinking of selling 1 of 2 brats a 84 white t top or 82 blue brat dont have the room anymore the 84 has 1 yr old trany rebuilt carb new fuel pump radiator...
When I get the "new to me" manifold here, I will look at that idea. But,, I'm thinking that there's not enough room below the surface where the carb mounts, to...
Tom Just get some JB stick type epoxy, cut off a hunk and knead it well and fill the hole. Make sure you get it below the deck surface or you'll have to dang...
I'm hoping you guys can help me (again!) We bought a Hitachi(I KNOW... NOW you tell me...) from carburetor exchange, and installed it, then had some work done...
Eileen, Yep, if you're going to replace the carb, a weber is the better choice. But, that does involve a fair amount of modification and adaptation. Plus you...
Thanks Tony, that's exactly what I needed...I'll print it out and show it to my hubby lol. Wish me luck, I REALLY want to be driving this thing! Eileen...
HI Brat club, So I bought an '86 subaru brat in excellent condition with 80k documented original miles. When I bought it there were two things wrong: it had...
Sounds like wheel bearings to me. Conorj alana_saffitz <alana_saffitz@...> wrote: HI Brat club, So I bought an '86 subaru brat in excellent condition...
Alana, I know you said its in good shape, but make sure that your frame is not tweaked out of shape. Ive seen a bent or rusty frame tear up axle after axle...
The same EXACT thing just happened to me. I have gone through two axel shafts in 2 months with a God aweful grinding sound that only comes when I make turns....
Does anyone know where I can get that weber carb for my BRAT? Does it bolt right in or will I need to modify it? My Hitachi carb is pretty crapped out so the...
... Redline (from memory) was the mob in the states that sell them. Or jump on to ebay, and search around. Is where I grabbed mine from, along with the adapter...
... Just for the heck of it, check that the outer cone washer isn't worn. The funny looking angled washer that fits inside the hub and sort of squashes in a...
I will have to check that on mine, thanks! If the bearing is bad does anyone know if the wheel bearings are sealed or not? I won't know till I take it apart...
The bearings are not sealed, but do have inner and outer seals. Local part stores carry them or can order them. I picked up bearings at 18 bucks a piece....
In the process of removing the axle, you often have to beat on the end of it a bit, especially if the axle's been in there for 20 years. That can destroy the...
Might also be the source of my "wobble", so this is on my plan of action also. Burt The ethnocentric, right wing, pseudo-scientific nut case. ... [Non-text...
Thank you for your help everyone. So, I'm positive it is not the bearings for a couple reasons: it makes the clicking noise (sorry, more like a clicking then a...
Thank you, that is a good suggestion. The Brat is solid, no cancer anywhere. I did a very very thorough inspection, put it on a lift etc, and there is zero...
Thank you for your help everyone. So, I'm positive it is not the bearings for a couple reasons: it makes the clicking noise (sorry, more like a clicking then a...
You might want to check the tapered split washer. Mine was doing similar things, clicking, which gradually became a grinding, all on new axles. I finally...
Are you sure you getting the correct axel assembly for a Brat? I replaced both of my front axles about 15 years ago with ones I bought from a Subaru dealer....
