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Old 22 May 2002, 03:15 PM
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Hey guys,

What ever became of the STI7 gear box shaft thingy recall, anyone have it replaced or heard anymore info on this ??

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Ray

PS: My car fell within the recall s/n but I have not had anything done to mine, someone posted on here before about it ony being an issue if you were driving over 100 mph for long periods of time....not sure what that meant
Old 22 May 2002, 03:24 PM
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Gearbox recall was for the gearbox oil pump shaft. Affects only the JDM STI's (6sp gearbox) manufactured late 2000 to early 2001. Apparently, there was a batch of shafts that were not heat treated up to spec. Mode of failure reported was shear at high temp, which translates to prolonged high speeds.

The oil pump shaft is geared to the center diff - which means that the higher the road speed, the faster the oil pump turns. Physically, it looks no thicker than a large fountain pen, and is about 2 inches long.

I had mine replaced in about 6 hours at the dealer. FOC of course. Would like to add that just because your car falls within the SN range, it does not mean that it is affected. I know 2 chaps who were told by the dealer that they were not affected, altho their SN's were within the range.
Old 22 May 2002, 03:30 PM
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Thx RT,

Well I will have to look into it somemore as I do have a JDM spec STI-7 that falls within the range, hopefully I am one of the lucky ones.


Thanks again,
Ray
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RT, do you have the s/n range?
Old 22 May 2002, 04:17 PM
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Hi Matt,

I got this s/n range sent via IWOC club, not sure if it is 100% accurate or not:

Hope this helps,
Ray




>Yup and if you follow the second link down you get to see there was a recall of 654 off STi 6 speed gear boxes in the following production batches....
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>GDB - 002022 - GDB - 006461
>September of 2000 25th - March 28 of 2001 day
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>GGB - 002012 - GGB - 002243
>October of 2000 13th - January 24 of 2001 day
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