Subaru Legacy 2004 Service Manual page 2932

4. Front Hub Unit Bearing
A: REMOVAL
1) Disconnect the ground cable from battery.
2) Lift-up the vehicle and remove the front wheels.
3) Unlock the axle nut.
4) Remove the axle nut using a socket wrench
while depressing the brake pedal.
CAUTION:
Remove the wheel before loosening the axle
nut. Failure to follow this rule may damage the
wheel bearings.
5) Remove the disc brake caliper from housing,
and suspend it from strut using a wire.
6) Remove the disc rotor from hub.
NOTE:
If the disc rotor seizes up within hub, drive disc rotor
out by installing an 8-mm bolt in screw hole on ro-
tor.
7) Remove four bolts from housing.
(A) Housing
Front Hub Unit Bearing
CAUTION:
• Do not get closer the tool which charged
magnetism to magnetic encorder.
• Be careful not to damage the magnetic en-
coder.
DS-00038
8) Remove the front hub unit bearing. If it is hard to
remove, use STs.
ST1 926470000
ST2 927140000
B: INSTALLATION
1) Place the disc cover between housing and front
hub unit, and tighten the four bolts.
Tightening torque:
DS-00041
(A)
DS-00231
DS-17
(1)
(1) Magnetic encoder
(2) Front hub unit bearing
AXLE SHAFT PULLER
AXLE SHAFT PULLER
PLATE
ST1
"
65 N m (6.6 kgf-m, 47.9 ft-lb)
(A) Housing
DRIVE SHAFT SYSTEM
(2)
DS-00250
ST2
DS-00145
(A)
DS-00231