Subaru Crosstrek Service Manual: Removal

1. Lift up the vehicle, and then remove the front wheels.

2. Remove the axle nut.

CAUTION:

Do not loosen the axle nut while the front axle is loaded. Doing so may damage the hub unit bearing.

(1) Lift the crimped section of axle nut.

(2) Remove the axle nut using a socket wrench while depressing the brake pedal.

3. Remove the caliper body assembly from the front axle housing.

(1) Remove the mounting bolts and the brake hose bracket, and remove the caliper body assembly.

(2) Prepare wiring harnesses etc. to be discarded, and suspend the caliper body assembly from the strut assembly.

4. Remove the disc rotor.

NOTE:

When the disc rotor is difficult to be removed from the front hub unit bearing, screw in 8 mm (0.31 in) bolt to the threaded part of the disc rotor (A), and remove the disc rotor.

5. Remove the bolts, and remove the front ABS wheel speed sensor.

6. Remove the bolt from the front axle housing, and remove the front hub unit bearing.

CAUTION:

• Do not get closer the tool which charged magnetism to magnetic encoder.

• Be careful not to damage the magnetic encoder.

If it is hard to remove, use the ST.

Preparation tool:

ST1: AXLE SHAFT PULLER (926470000)

ST2: AXLE SHAFT PULLER PLATE (28099PA110)

Assembly

Disassembly

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