Subaru Legacy 2003 Service Manual page 3274

4. Front Disc Brake Assembly
A: REMOVAL
1) Loosen wheel nuts, jack-up vehicle, support it
with safety stands, and remove wheel.
2) Remove union bolt and disconnect brake hose
from caliper body assembly.
CAUTION:
Do not spill brake fluid on painted surface.
Wash it off immediately.
3) Remove bolt securing lock pin to caliper body.
4) Raise caliper body and move it toward vehicle
center to separate it from support.
5) Remove support from housing.
NOTE:
Remove support only when replacing it or the rotor.
It need not be removed when servicing caliper body
assembly.
FRONT DISC BRAKE ASSEMBLY
BR-00021
BR-00022
BR-00023
BR-23
6) Remove disc rotor from hub.
NOTE:
If disc rotor seizes up within hub, drive disc rotor out
by installing an 8-mm bolt in holes B on the rotor.
A
7) Clean mud and foreign particles from caliper
body assembly and support.
B: INSTALLATION
1) Install disc rotor on hub.
2) Install support on housing.
Tightening torque:
78 N·m (8 kgf-m, 58 ft-lb)
CAUTION:
• Replace pad clips if they are twisted or worn.
• A wear indicator is provided on the inner disc
brake pad. If the pad wears down to such an ex-
tent that the end of the wear indicator contacts
the disc rotor, a squeaking sound is produced
as the wheel rotates. If this sound is heard, re-
place the pad.
• When replacing the pads, replace pads of the
right and left wheels at the same time.
3) Install pads on support. <Ref. to BR-20, IN-
STALLATION, Front Brake Pad.>
4) Install caliper body on support.
Tightening torque:
39 N·m (4.0 kgf-m, 28.9 ft-lb)
5) Connect brake hose.
Tightening torque:
18 N·m (1.8 kgf-m, 13.0 ft-lb)
CAUTION:
Replace brake hose gaskets with new ones.
6) Bleed air from brake system. <Ref. to BR-42,
PROCEDURE, Air Bleeding.>
BRAKE
B
BR-00018