Front Axle - Subaru Legacy 2002 Service Manual

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Drive Shaft System

3. Front Axle

1) Disconnect ground cable from battery.

2) Jack-up vehicle, support it with safety stands,

and remove front wheels.

3) Unlock axle nut.

4) Remove axle nut using a socket wrench.

Be sure to loose and retighten axle nut after

removing wheel from vehicle. Failure to follow

this rule may damage wheel bearings.

5) Remove stabilizer link.

6) Remove disc brake caliper from housing, and

suspend it from strut using a wire.

7) Remove disc rotor from hub.

If disc rotor seizes up within hub, drive disc rotor

out by installing an 8-mm bolt in screw hole on the

8) Remove cotter pin and castle nut which secure

tie-rod end to housing knuckle arm.

9) Using a puller, remove tie-rod ball joint from

knuckle arm.

10) Remove ABS sensor assembly and harness in

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