Wheel Bearing - Subaru 2001 LEGACY Service Manual

Periodic Maintenance Services

25. Wheel Bearing

A: INSPECTION
1. FRONT WHEEL BEARING
NOTE:
Inspect the condition of front wheel bearing
grease.
1) Jack up the front of vehicle.
2) While holding front wheel by hand, swing it in
and out to check bearing free play.
3) Loosen wheel nuts and remove front wheel.
4) If bearing free play exists in step 2) above,
attach a dial gauge to hub assembly and measure
axial displacement in axial direction.
Service limit:
Straight-ahead position within 0.05 mm
(0.0020 in)
5) Remove bolts and self-locking nuts, and extract
transverse link from front crossmember.
6) While lightly hammering spring pin which
secures S.F.J. to transmission spindle, remove it.
7) Extract S.F.J. from transmission spindle. <Ref.
to DS-16 Front Axle.>
8) While supporting front drive shaft horizontally
with one hand, turn hub with the other to check for
noise or binding.
If hub is noisy or binds, disassemble front axle and
check condition of oil seals, bearing, etc.
2. REAR WHEEL BEARING
1) Jack up the rear of vehicle.
2) While holding rear wheel by hand, swing it in
and out to check bearing free play.
3) Loosen wheel nuts and remove rear wheel.
4) If bearing free play exists in step 2) above,
attach a dial gauge to hub assembly and measure
axial displacement in axial direction.
Service limit:
Straight-ahead position within 0.05 mm
(0.0020 in)
5) Remove the DOJ of rear drive shaft from rear
differential. <Ref. to DS-33 Rear Drive Shaft.>
WHEEL BEARING
SA07698
SA07698A10
SA07698A1001
B1M0481A
SA07698A1002
6) While supporting rear drive shaft horizontally
with one hand, turn hub assembly with the other to
check for noise or binding.
If hub assembly is noisy or binds, disassemble rear
axle and check condition of oil seals, bearings, etc.
PM-38
GI0069A