Removal and Installation: Removal

Remove tires from vehicle with power tool.
Remove cotter pin. Then remove lock nut from drive shaft.
Remove brake caliper with power tool. Hang it in a place where it will not interfere with work. Refer to "REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION OF BRAKE CALIPER ASSEMBLY ".
NOTE:
- Avoid depressing brake pedal while brake caliper is removed.
Remove disc rotor. Refer to "REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION OF BRAKE CALIPER ASSEMBLY ".
Remove parking cable and parking shoe from back plate. Refer to "REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ".
Remove wheel sensor from axle. Refer to "WHEEL SENSORS ".
CAUTION: Do not pull on wheel sensor harness.
Separate drive shaft from wheel hub and bearing assembly by lightly tapping the end with a suitable hammer and wood block. If it is hard to separate, use a suitable puller.
Remove fixing bolts of wheel hub and bearing assembly with power tool, then remove wheel hub and bearing assembly from axle.
Remove parking brake cable and parking brake shoe from back plate. Refer to "PARKING BRAKE SHOE " and "PARKING BRAKE CONTROL ".
Remove fixing nuts of anchor block with power tool, then remove anchor block and back plate from axle.
Loosen fixing bolts and nuts of front lower link, radius rod, and rear lower link in side of suspension member.
Set jack under rear lower link. Then remove fixing bolt in front lower link side of shock absorber with power tool.
Remove bolt and nut in axle side of rear lower link with power tool. Then remove coil spring. Refer to "REAR LOWER LINK & COIL SPRING ".
Remove fixing bolts and nuts in axle side of front lower link, radius rod with power tool.
Remove suspension arm and cotter pin at axle, then loosen mounting nut.
Use a ball joint remover (suitable tool) to remove suspension arm from axle. Be careful not to damage ball joint boot.
CAUTION: Tighten temporarily mounting nut to prevent damage to threads and to prevent ball joint remover (suitable tool) from coming off.
Remove axle from vehicle.