Subaru 2009 IMPREZA Service Manual page 2294

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DIFFERENTIALS

4. Rear Differential

1) Set the vehicle on a lift.

2) Disconnect the ground cable from battery.

3) Shift the select lever or gear shift lever to neutral.

4) Release the parking brake.

5) Loosen the wheel nuts.

6) Lift up the vehicle.

7) Remove the wheels.

8) Drain the differential gear oil. <Ref. to DI-14, RE-

PLACEMENT, Differential Gear Oil.>

9) Remove the rear exhaust pipe and muffler.

• Non-turbo model

<Ref. to EX(H4SO)-10, REMOVAL, Rear Exhaust

Pipe.> <Ref. to EX(H4SO)-12, REMOVAL, Muf-

• Turbo model

<Ref. to EX(H4DOTC)-14, REMOVAL, Rear Ex-

haust Pipe.> <Ref. to EX(H4DOTC)-16, REMOV-

AL, Muffler.>

10) Remove the heat shield cover.

11) Remove the propeller shaft. <Ref. to DS-10,

REMOVAL, Propeller Shaft.>

12) Remove the DOJ of rear drive shaft from rear

differential.

(1) Remove the ABS wheel speed sensor cable

from the clamp.

(A) ABS wheel speed sensor cable

Rear Differential

(2) Remove the bolts which secure the rear sta-

bilizer link to the rear lateral link.

(3) Remove the bolts which secure the shock

absorber to the rear lateral link.

(4) Remove the bolts which secure the rear lat-

eral link to the housing.

(5) Remove the bolts which secure the trailing

link to the housing.