Removal & Installation (Legacy & SVX)
- Raise and support vehicle. Remove wheel. Remove rear caliper from support bracket, and wire it aside. Remove pads and support bracket from rear axle housing. Pull rotor from hub (outboard type rotor). Remove rotor from hub assembly. If rotor seizes to hub, use 8-mm bolts in screw holes on rotor to remove rotor.
- To remove disc rotor from hub, loosen parking brake shoe adjustment by inserting a screwdriver through backing plate access hole to turn adjusting star wheel. To install, reverse removal procedure. Tighten bolts to specification. See TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS table at end of article.