Rear Knuckle/Hub: Notes
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2004 Subaru Impreza. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Disconnect ground cable from battery.
- Jack-up vehicle, and remove rear wheel cap and wheels.
- Unlock axle nut.CAUTION: Remove the axle nut with vehicle weight not applied on axle. Failure to follow this rule may damage the wheel bearings.
- Remove axle nut using a socket wrench with parking brake applied.
- Return parking brake lever and loosen adjusting nut. See Fig 1.
- Remove disc brake caliper from back plate, and suspend it from strut using a piece of wire. See Fig 2.NOTE: If disc rotor seizes up within hub, drive it out by installing an 8-mm bolt into bolt hole in disc rotor.
- Remove disc rotor from hub.
- Disconnect parking brake cable end. See Fig 3.
- Disconnect rear stabilizer from rear lateral link.
- Remove bolts which secure trailing link assembly to rear housing.
- Remove bolts which secure lateral link assembly to rear housing.
- Remove rear ABS sensor from back plate.NOTE: Be careful not to damage the oil seal lip when removing the rear drive shaft. When the rear drive shaft is to be replaced, also replace the inner oil seal with a new one.
- Disengage BJ from housing splines, and remove rear axle shaft assembly. See Fig 4. If it is hard to remove, use the axle shaft puller and plate.
- Remove bolts which secure rear housing to strut, and separate the 2. See Fig 5.