Hybrid Model
- Release the parking brake.
- Using the Subaru Select Monitor, go to the brake maintenance mode according to the display screen. Ref. to PARKING BRAKE>PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM>OPERATION>BRAKE MAINTENANCE MODE .
- Disconnect the ground terminal from battery. Ref. to REPAIR CONTENTS>REPAIR CONTENTS>NOTE>BATTERY .
- Lift up the vehicle, and then remove the rear wheels.
- Remove the disc brake assembly.
- Remove the pad clip, the connector and the brake hose bracket.
- Remove the mounting bolt, and remove the disc brake assembly.
- Prepare wiring harnesses etc. to be discarded, and suspend the disc brake assembly from the shock absorber assembly.
- Remove the disc rotor.
NOTE:
- Before removing the disc rotor, put an alignment mark (b) on the hub bolt so that it matches the alignment mark (a) of the disc rotor.
- When the disc rotor is difficult to be removed from the rear 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.