Rear Disc Rotor - Subaru Legacy 2004 Service Manual

BRAKE

6. Rear Disc Rotor

A: REMOVAL
1) Lift-up the vehicle, and then remove the rear
wheels.
2) Release the parking brake.
3) Remove the two mounting bolts, and remove the
disc brake assembly.
4) Suspend the disc brake assembly so that the
hose is not stretched.
5) Remove the disc rotor.
NOTE:
If the disc rotor is difficult to remove, try following
two methods in order.
(1) Turn the adjusting screw using a flat tip
screwdriver until the brake shoe gets away
enough from the disc rotor.
(2)
(1)
(4)
(1) Adjusting screw
(2) Cover
(3) Flat tip screwdriver
(4) Back plate
Rear Disc Rotor
BR-00346
(3)
BR-00155
BR-26
(2) If the disc rotor seizes up within hub, drive
the disc rotor out by pushing with an 8 mm bolt in
holes B on the rotor.
A
B: INSTALLATION
1) Install in the reverse order of removal.
2) Adjust the parking brake. <Ref. to PB-9, AD-
JUSTMENT, Parking Brake Assembly (Rear Disc
Brake).>
C: INSPECTION
1) Check rear wheel bearing play and axial hub
runout before disc rotor runout limit inspection.
<Ref. to DS-21, INSPECTION, Rear Hub Unit
Bearing.>
2) Secure the disc rotor by tightening five wheel
nuts.
3) Set a dial gauge 10 mm (0.39 in) inward of rotor
outer perimeter. Turn the disc rotor to check runout.
If the disc rotor runout exceeds specified value, re-
place with a new disc rotor.
Disc rotor runout limit:
0.05 mm (0.0020 in)
B
BR-00036
BR-00037