Hill Holder clutches

[enews]

I'm going to replace the clutch in my 92 Legacy. It has a hill
holder clutch. I never replaced one of these and I was wondering
if they are any different than a regular clutch. Once I get in
there will I have the option of taking that out and making it
a conventional one? Is there anything associated with it that I
should be aware of or pay special attention to as it relates to
the hill holder mechanism. thanks

 

[Greg]

The hill holder is part of the brake master cylinder actuation and only
requires an initial adjustment. With a normal clutch replace you shouldn't
need to worry about it.

 

[SubaROO]

In my 2005, it did go out of adjustment just in the last few months and was causing the hill hold to come on as I went through the gears after a stop. It was dangerous to drive with the brakes coming on really hard....I had it disconnected because I could not find anyone who knew how to adjust it, and I do not trust the dealer. The place I took it to had a lot of experience with Subarus and they had never even heard of the hill hold. However, I asked them to find and disconnect the cable, they did, and the problem was solved. So it DOES require adjustment at some point in time. I have about 126k on the car with almost entirely city driving, which is a lot of use of the clutch (which is still original.)