Subaru Impreza 2003 Service Manual page 2296

DRIVE SHAFT SYSTEM
4. Rear Axle
A: REMOVAL
1. DISC BRAKE
1) Disconnect the ground cable from battery.
2) Lift-up the vehicle, and remove the rear wheel.
3) Unlock the axle nut.
4) Remove the axle nut using a socket wrench with
parking brake applied.
CAUTION:
Remove the axle nut with vehicle weight not ap-
plied on axle. Failure to follow this rule may
damage the wheel bearings.
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 back plate,
and suspend it from strut using a piece of wire.
7) Remove the disc rotor from hub.
NOTE:
If the disc rotor seizes up within hub, drive it out by
installing an 8-mm bolt into bolt hole in disc rotor.
REAR AXLE
8) Disconnect the parking brake cable end.
9) Disconnect the rear stabilizer from rear lateral
link.
10) Remove the bolts which secure the trailing link
assembly to rear housing.
PB-00005
11) Remove the bolts which secure the lateral as-
sembly to rear housing.
DS-00064
DS-24
( 1 )
(1) Cable end
DS-00065
DS-00066
DS-00067