Subaru IMPREZA 2002 Service Manual page 139

REAR AXLE
I
DRIVE SHAFT SYSTEM
4. Rear Axle
A: REMOVAL
1. DISC BRAKE
1) Disconnect the ground cable from battery.
2) Jack-up the vehicle, and remove the rear wheel
cap and wheels.
CAUTION:
Be sure to loosen and retighten the axle nut af-
ter removing wheel from vehicle. Failure to fol-
low this rule may damage wheel bearings.
3)
Unlock the axle nut.
4) Remove the axle nut using a socket wrench.
5) Return the parking brake lever and loosen the
adjusting nut.
(1) Parking brake lever
(2)
Lock nut
(3) Adjusting nut
6) Remove the disc brake caliper from the back
plate, and suspend it from strut using a piece of
wire.
7)
Remove the disc rotor from the hub.
NOTE:
If disc rotor seizes up within hub, drive it out by in-
stalling an 8-mm bolt into bolt hole in disc rotor.
8) Disconnect the parking brake cable end
9) Disconnect the rear stabilizer from rear lateral
link.
10) Remove the bolts which secure trailing link as-
sembly to the rear housing.
CAUTION:
Discard old self-locking nut. Relpace with a
new one.
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11) Remove the bolts which secure lateral assem-
bly to the rear housing.
CAUTION:
Discard old self-locking nut. Relpace with a
new one.
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