SUBARU DRIFT BUILD |7| Custom Rear Knuckles

In this episode of Dirtcheapdaily, Aaron gets started on making everything else we've done so far work! In the last episode, we machined custom hubs to fit a ford explorer axle onto a bolt-on, modular wheel bearing. In this episode, we customize the stock Subaru legacy rear knuckles to fit the longer Ford Explorer axles and in order to bolt on wheel bearings!

[@southeasternohiopicker3317]

That's amazing I look forward to the next video

[@hillberry_revival]

Great update. Also digging the music!

[@802Garage]

Wow! That's a ton of work. It's looking awesome though.

[@Captaindan7141]

This is insane dude! I like it.

[@egjr2722]

Man the more i watch the more i wish i lived in the area to give you a hand! I’d have loved to be apart of that build and the engineering process with you. Don’t look back! Im sure it will work... and if it breaks?!... Revise, Conquer, Enjoy!!! Fist bump from ATL! 👊🏽😎

[@howmycargotlikethis3282]

That shot at 8:29 is killer! Love it! I'm finally putting together my wide body build video. It's definitely not as polished as the stuff you've captured with the slider. Crappy iphone 4 video and pictures but it'll be officially documented. Digging into old footage of how I figured out how to build them is a little embarrassing. I didn't know what I was doing with that first layer of fiberglass. Feels like the difference in the welding on the first knuckle and the second one. Night and day. Guess that's what a build video's got to include. Anyway digging the project! Back to editing.

[@reygomez7585]

This is awesome and crazy, i like so much!!!

[@matthewmarsie9457]

Always enjoyed your content man, proper work all around

[@StanleyKubick1]

it absolutely isn't! entertaining for sure, but booger welds and shoddy craftsmanship are the brand

[@SashaRio]

терпения тебе брат) Я таких задних продольных рычагов еще не видел!)) Россия следит за тобой)

[@05molinatsx]

Good stuff!

[@ghosty1233]

New dirtcheap video. :O

[@tass.1127]

Pretty impressive videos. If u check machinist or engineering forums they’d probably answer a few of your questions like the press fit one you were having. I haven’t caught up to your new videos yet. If your explorer axles work. I’m interested to see if it worked. Did you consider taking the whole rear end out of the explorer?

[@ricardosalinas4973]

Awesome work bro👌💯 keep up the good work on the outback. I just did a wrx swap on my 99 Forester 5speed

[@exosdiscover5963]

Ricardo Salinas how did that go? Did you have to change a lot of the steering components as in like steering column and all that jazz? Also did you use a wrecked wrx or just bought the engine? Just curious cause I have a 02 Forester and was looking into swaps and everyone says it’s a and I quote “shit box money pit” and that if you want to go turbo or actually have power to buy an xt but I love my 02 lol if you respond thanks for the feed back

[@ricardosalinas4973]

I actually bought the engine from a friend who was parting out a 04 Forester which he bought with the wrx swap in already lol the engine is from a jdm import so I know Low miles . I already had gathered some parts that I would need for the swap like the dash harness , wrx subframe, and misc parts for the engine it self. I was lucky I found a local Subaru ambassador who lived an hour away who actually did the harness merge for me. He did the same swap in a Impreza rs. What I mean for harness merge he put together the wrx dash harness with my Forester dash harness together so I can keep my factory Forester dash the other way to do this is if u swap everything from a wrx in to ur Forester but then u have splice the door/rear wires for everything else to work normal. Lol any other questions bro add my IG:ricardosalinas20

[@ricardosalinas4973]

For the steering stuff everything bolts up to the wrx subframe except the front sway I believe u have to use one from a wrx lol

[@mozzestech]

Hard, but cool!!!

[@cafn8ed74]

Bad. Ass. I love it.

[@thatssr150guy]

Super interested on how this build comes out. Really wanting to manual swap my 04 outback H6...

[@Dirtcheapdaily]

Do it! It’s way better to drive now that it’s a manual. Do you have safety/emissions where you live?

[@11green11]

Dude ! You are an ANIMAL 🐗 a considerate animal 😎

[@pandagan3876]

love the build so much! are you gonna paint the knuckles you made so they don't rust?

[@ryanlott6309]

What were your rear wheels from? The black steel wheels.

[@woofer2121]

cant figure out why the front suspension is so simple and the rear is a cluster. the front is doing most of the work

[@MindDezign]

Uhm...hub carriers. Knuckles sound like "camel talk" . Very good edit ! Good video!

[@jglaboratory]

Seems like a lot of work to drift.why the subi?

[@fastfox23]

OK, that jackass that was trashing on the build in the comments of the last episode? He was wrong AND right. You have decent geometry, but that knuckle is SKETCHY. Sorry man, you would've been better off using that 5" pipe (provided it's structural steel and not plumbing pipe, yes they are different) and building new control arm mounts directly to it. What you've done may very well hold up, but I don't think it'll hold up to any serious abuse for long. I hope I'm wrong, but I also hope you don't drive that down the highway.

[@LoudGuitar14]

That knuckle scares me and does not look safe. I would love to be wrong and hate to be right

[@sohctony]

Just realized i never hit the bell, wtf is wrong with me?