Subaru 2002 IMPREZA Service Manual page 2054

DRIVE SHAFT SYSTEM
4. Rear Axle
A: REMOVAL
1. DISC BRAKE
1) Disconnect the ground cable from battery.
2) Jack-up the vehicle, and remove the rear wheel
cap and wheels.
CAUTION:
Be sure to loosen and retighten the axle nut af-
ter removing the wheel from vehicle. Failure to
follow this rule may damage the wheel bear-
ings.
3) Unlock the axle nut.
4) Remove the axle nut using a socket wrench.
5) Return the parking brake lever and loosen ad-
justing nut.
(1) Parking brake lever
(2) Lock nut
(3) Adjusting nut
6) Remove the disc brake caliper from back plate,
and suspend it from strut using a piece of wire.
7) Remove the disc rotor from hub.
NOTE:
If the disc rotor seizes up within hub, drive it out by
installing an 8-mm bolt into bolt hole in disc rotor.
REAR AXLE
8) Disconnect the parking brake cable end.
9) Disconnect the rear stabilizer from rear lateral
link.
10) Remove the bolts which secure trailing link as-
sembly to rear housing.
CAUTION:
Discard the old self-locking nut. Replace with a
new one.
BR0054
11) Remove the bolts which secure lateral assem-
bly to rear housing.
CAUTION:
Discard the old self-locking nut. Replace with a
new one.
G4M0240
DS-24
(1) Cable end
S4M0368A
S4M0109
S4M0110