Rear Hub Unit Bearing

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Remove the four bolts from the rear housing, and remove the rear hub unit bearing and back plate.

Fig 1: Identifying Rear Housing Mounting Bolts
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CAUTION:
- Be careful not to damage the magnetic encoder.
- Do not get closer the tool which charged magnetism to magnetic encoder.
Fig 2: Identifying Magnetic Encoder And Rear Hub Unit Bearing
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Disassemble the rear hub unit bearing. < Refer to DISASSEMBLY , Rear Hub Unit Bearing. >