kastle
01-14-2002, 10:11 AM
The new link is from a 95' L Impreza. It is larger in height by about double. The rubber isolator that sits by the fire wall is made of stiffer material. The part numbers stamped on the links appear to be the same but they are obviously different. I got mine from Dale Teague of Teague's auto. Part number: 41040FA000
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Tools Needed:<BR>
<ul>
<li>Screw driver - for hose clamps on second air box
<li>10mm socket - for bolts holding second airbox
<li>14mm socket and open end - to remove pitch link bolts
</ul>
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The pitch link is located just under the second airbox. (the big black plastic box attached to the throttle body) First you have to remove this. It's simple, pop off the 3 hoses connected to it with the pinch clamps. Loosen the two hose clamps holding the box and then remove the 2 - 10mm bolts to the left and right. Once that is off you can see the pitch link. The bolt by the fire wall is easy to remove with just a socket. The nut on the other side of the bolt is welded to the mounting point. The bolt on the motor needs an open on the other side as that bolt will turn. Just remove the bolts and slide out the link and put the new one in it's place and bolt it back in there. Note that for proper orientation of the link there is an arrow that should be on the top side
of the link pointing towards the front of the car.
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<IMG src=/mods/impreza/images/pitchlinkmountlocaton.jpg WIDTH="600" HEIGHT="314" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0">
<IMG src=/mods/impreza/images/pitchlinkmounted1.jpg WIDTH="600" HEIGHT="470" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0">
<IMG src=/mods/impreza/images/pitchlinkmounted2.jpg WIDTH="500" HEIGHT="319" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0">
<IMG src=/mods/impreza/images/sidebyside3.jpg WIDTH="600" HEIGHT="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0">
<IMG src=/mods/impreza/images/sidebyside4.jpg WIDTH="600" HEIGHT="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0">
<IMG src=/mods/impreza/images/sidebyside5.jpg WIDTH="600" HEIGHT="270" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0">
<IMG src=/mods/impreza/images/sidebyside6.jpg WIDTH="600" HEIGHT="372" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0">
<br><br>
Tools Needed:<BR>
<ul>
<li>Screw driver - for hose clamps on second air box
<li>10mm socket - for bolts holding second airbox
<li>14mm socket and open end - to remove pitch link bolts
</ul>
<br><br>
The pitch link is located just under the second airbox. (the big black plastic box attached to the throttle body) First you have to remove this. It's simple, pop off the 3 hoses connected to it with the pinch clamps. Loosen the two hose clamps holding the box and then remove the 2 - 10mm bolts to the left and right. Once that is off you can see the pitch link. The bolt by the fire wall is easy to remove with just a socket. The nut on the other side of the bolt is welded to the mounting point. The bolt on the motor needs an open on the other side as that bolt will turn. Just remove the bolts and slide out the link and put the new one in it's place and bolt it back in there. Note that for proper orientation of the link there is an arrow that should be on the top side
of the link pointing towards the front of the car.
<br><br>
<IMG src=/mods/impreza/images/pitchlinkmountlocaton.jpg WIDTH="600" HEIGHT="314" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0">
<IMG src=/mods/impreza/images/pitchlinkmounted1.jpg WIDTH="600" HEIGHT="470" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0">
<IMG src=/mods/impreza/images/pitchlinkmounted2.jpg WIDTH="500" HEIGHT="319" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0">
<IMG src=/mods/impreza/images/sidebyside3.jpg WIDTH="600" HEIGHT="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0">
<IMG src=/mods/impreza/images/sidebyside4.jpg WIDTH="600" HEIGHT="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0">
<IMG src=/mods/impreza/images/sidebyside5.jpg WIDTH="600" HEIGHT="270" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0">
<IMG src=/mods/impreza/images/sidebyside6.jpg WIDTH="600" HEIGHT="372" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0">