Switching to Front Wheel drive with the fuse?

I have a 98 legacy that had the same problem at about 110k and used the fuse to make it a front wheel drive as well. I've put another 20k on the vehicle since then and haven't had a problem yet.

Others in the group will likely say it shouldn't be done though.

The vehicle is now my second vehicle, I'm planning to run i as long as I can to see how many more miles I can get in FWD.

Mike

Just had to do it tonight myself. Anyway, I don't see any harm in it, at least for short trips. And the manual makes no mention of long term usage. I've got a '95 Legacy as well.

-Matt

I tried this fuse recently in my '95 Legacy wagon and promptly took it back out because perfectly normal starts on dry tarseal were consistently spinning the front wheels. Damn that 2.5 has some torque down low!

It was there on the '99. Try it. You'll spin the fronts for sure. :) I tried scaling my driveway this morning with a 16" Forester spare as the passenger side front wheel. (Long story, see my "two flat tires" post.) Anyway, I normally give it some gas as the driveway is really steep and covered in loose gravel. This doesn't usually result in any wheelspin, although sometimes the backs will spit some gravel. Not today. As I was fuse disabled into FWD, I got a full blown rooster tail of gravel and dirt from the 15" Outback wheel. Guess I'd better go fill that hole in now.

-Matt