Subaru 2009 IMPREZA Service Manual page 1894

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
23) Remove the bolts which hold upper side of
transmission to engine.
24) Remove the heat shield cover.
25) Remove the drain plug (ATF) to drain ATF.
(A) Oil pan
(B) Drain plug (ATF)
26) Disconnect the ATF cooler hoses from the
pipes of the transmission side, and remove the oil
charge pipe.
27) Remove the propeller shaft. <Ref. to DS-10,
REMOVAL, Propeller Shaft.>
Automatic Transmission Assembly
AT-00106
AT-04522
(A)
(B)
AT-04829
AT-04831
4AT-38
28) Remove the shift select cable from the inhibitor
switch and the transmission. <Ref. to CS-25, RE-
MOVAL, Select Cable.>
29) Disconnect the stabilizer link from the front
arm.
30) Remove the bolts which secure the front arm
ball joint to the front housing, and separate the front
arm and housing.
(A)
(A) Front arm
(B) Ball joint
31) Pull out the front drive shaft from the transmis-
sion.
(1) Using a tire lever or a crow bar, etc., pull out
until the front drive shaft transmission side joint
slides move smoothly.
NOTE:
Place cloth between the tire lever or bar and the
transmission in order to avoid damaging the trans-
mission side retainer.
(2) Hold the transmission side joint of the front
drive shaft by hand and extract the housing
from the transmission while pressing the hous-
ing outward, so as not to stretch the boot.
32) Remove the bolts which hold the clutch hous-
ing cover.
MT-01655
(B)
MT-01652