Subaru 2004 IMPREZA Service Manual page 19

1) Lift up the vehicle.
2) Even if the location of leak can be easily found
by observing leaking condition, it is necessary to
thoroughly remove the oil from suspected portion
and turn steering wheel from lock to lock about thir-
ty to forty times with engine running, then reinspect
the suspected portion between immediately after
and several hours after this operation.
3) Inspect leakage from "a".
The oil seal is damaged. Replace the valve assem-
bly with a new one.
4) Inspect leakage from "b".
The torsion bar O-ring is damaged. Replace the
valve assembly with a new one.
5) Inspect leakage from "c".
The oil seal is damaged. Replace the oil seal with a
new one.
6) Inspect leakage from "d".
The pipe is damaged. Replace the faulty pipe or O-
ring with a new one.
F: ADJUSTMENT
1) Adjust the front toe. <Ref. to FS-10, FRONT
WHEEL TOE-IN, INSPECTION, Wheel Align-
ment.>
Standard of front toe:
IN 3 — OUT 3 mm (IN 0.12 — OUT 0.12 in)
(1) Lock nut
2) Adjust the steering angle of wheels. <Ref. to FS-
10, STEERING ANGLE, INSPECTION, Wheel
Alignment.>
Standard of steering angle:
TURBO, 2.5 L and
Model
OUTBACK
34.5°± °± °± °±1.5° ° ° °
Inner wheel
30.3°± °± °± °±1.5° ° ° °
Outer wheel
Steering Gearbox [RHD MODEL]
PS-00107
Others
37.3°± °± °± °±1.5° ° ° °
32.4°± °± °± °±1.5° ° ° °
PS-63
POWER ASSISTED SYSTEM (POWER STEERING)
3) If the steering wheel spokes are not horizontal
when wheels are set in the straight ahead position,
and error is more than 5° on the periphery of steer-
ing wheel, correctly re-install the steering wheel.
(1) Within 5°
4) If the steering wheel spokes are not horizontal
with vehicle set in the straight ahead position after
this adjustment, correct it by turning the right and
left tie-rods in the opposite direction each other by
the same angle.
(1)
PS-00564