Subaru Impreza 2003 Service Manual page 2310

DRIVE SHAFT SYSTEM
6. Rear Drive Shaft
A: REMOVAL
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.
5) Disconnect the stabilizer link.
6) Remove the bolt which secures the trailing link to
housing.
REAR DRIVE SHAFT
7) Remove the bolts which secure the front lateral
link and rear lateral link to housing.
8) Remove the rear ABS wheel speed sensor from
back plate.
DS-00038
9) Remove the rear drive shaft from rear axle. If it is
hard to remove, remove the brake disk rotor using
the ST1 and ST2.
ST1 926470000
ST2 927140000
RS-00010
CAUTION:
• Do not hammer the drive shaft when remov-
ing.
• Do not damage the oil seal and tone wheel.
DS-00066
DS-38
(1) ABS wheel speed sensor
AXLE SHAFT PULLER
AXLE SHAFT PULLER
PLATE
ST1
DS-00067
( 1 )
DS-00069
ST2
DS-00122