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Originally Posted by Doborder
Let me chime in here. I'm that friend. The wheel bearings are just crap. Yes, I have driven the car hard, but the wheel bearing broke after the first track day.
Alignment is crap too. I had the car realigned after every 2 track events and they were totally off each time. So I spent $300 on alignments last year.
The CV rear axle is probably my fault. I was learning how to heel toe and didn't get the hang of it until after 5-6 track day. But really Subaru, you got to build a slightly stronger rear axle. I'm planning to do another 5-6 days this year. If anything else breaks, I will have a 2013 BRZ for sale.
My mods are the same as orthojoe. Everything broke while I was on OEM tires. I have a new set of 17" rivals I want to run this year.
Any advise on preventing rear axle breaking? I will try to shift smoother. Anything else?
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You just need to slow down your clutch release and eliminate overlap between the gas pedal and clutch. If you feel/hear a thud/thunk, then you're overlapping, and that inner CV is gonna go out quick.
Since all 3 of you are using the same alignment shop, have any of you considered a different shop, to eliminate the shop as the variable? We haven't had any issues with the so-cal guys losing alignments. I know you guys trust the shop, but just because they're well versed in other cars, doesn't mean they're well versed in Subarus or this platform in general.
What part of your alignments are being lost? Are you guys spinning out and/or going off track at all?