Subaru IMPREZA GD 2007 Series Manual page 3350

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DRIVE SHAFT SYSTEM
5. Rear Axle
A: REMOVAL
1) Disconnect the ground cable from the battery.
2) Lift up the vehicle, then remove the rear wheels.
3) Lift the crimped section of axle nut.
4) While applying the parking brake, remove the
axle nut using a socket wrench.
CAUTION:
Remove the axle nut while there is no load be-
ing applied to the axle. Failure to do so may
damage the wheel bearings.
5) Return the parking brake lever and loosen the
adjusting nut.
(1)
(1) Parking brake lever
(2) Lock nut
(3) Adjusting nut
6) Remove the disc brake caliper from the back
plate, and suspend it from strut using a piece of
wire.
7) Remove the disc rotor from the hub.
NOTE:
If it is difficult to remove the disc rotor from the hub,
drive the 8 mm bolt into the threaded end of rotor,
and then remove the rotor.
Rear Axle
(3) (2)
PB-00075
DS-00064
DS-26
8) Disconnect the parking brake cable end.
( 1 )
(1) Cable end
9) Disconnect the rear stabilizer from the rear later-
al link.
10) Remove the bolts which secure trailing link as-
sembly to the rear housing.
11) Remove the bolts which secure the lateral as-
sembly to the rear housing.
12) Remove the rear ABS wheel speed sensor
from the back plate.
(1) ABS wheel speed sensor
DS-00065
DS-00066
DS-00067
( 1 )
DS-00069