Subaru XT 1988 Service Manual page 828

WHEELS AND AXLES
4-2
SERVICE PROCEDURE
Front Axle
Housing (Except XT6)
REMOVAL
1) Disconnect ground cable from battery.
2) Apply parking brake.
3) Remove front wheel cap and cotter pin, and loosen castle
nut and wheel nuts.
4) Jack up vehicle, support it with safety stands (rigid racks),
and remove front tires and wheels.
5) Release parking brake.
6) Pull out parking brake cable outer clip from caliper.
7) Disconnect the parking brake cable end from caliper lever.
8) Loosen two bolts, and remove the disc brake ASSY from
housing.
Keep the removed disc brake ASSY suspended from strut with
string.
L4-101
Fig. 12
9) Remove two bolts which connect housing and damper
strut.
10) Remove cotter pin and castle nut, and disconnect tie-rod
end ball joint from the housing knuckle arm by using a puller.
11) Disconnect strut from housing by opening slit of housing
and by lowering housing gradually with care of not damaging
BJ boot.
a. Do not expand the slit of housing more than 4 mm
(0.16 in).
b. If housing is hard to remove from strut, lightly tap hub &
disc with spare tire.
12) Remove castle nut, washer spring and center piece on axle
shaft, and take out hub & disc ASSY.
13) Remove disc cover.
14) Attach PULLER (926470000) to housing and drive axle
shaft out of housing toward engine at the bearing location.
When inner bearing and/or inner oil seal are/is left on axle
shaft, remove them/it with a puller.
13
PULLER (926470000)
L4-103
Fig. 13
15) Disengage transverse link ball joint from housing and
detach housing.
DISASSEMBLY
In ner oil seal
Bearing
L4-104
Fig. 14
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