REMOVAL

REMOVAL

Disconnect the ground cable from battery.

Lift-up the vehicle, and remove the rear wheel.

Unlock the axle nut.

Remove the axle nut using a socket wrench with parking brake applied.

Important
Remove the axle nut with vehicle weight not applied on axle.

Disconnect the stabilizer link.

Remove the bolt which secures the trailing link to housing.

Remove the bolts which secure the front lateral link and rear lateral link to housing.

Remove the rear ABS wheel speed sensor from back plate.

(1)	ABS wheel speed sensor

Remove the rear drive shaft from rear axle. If it is hard to remove, remove the brake disk rotor using the ST1 and ST2.

ST1 32005197 AXLE SHAFT PULLER

ST2 32005203 AXLE SHAFT PULLER PLATE

Important
•	Do not hammer the drive shaft when removing.
•	Do not damage the oil seal and tone wheel.

Remove the rear drive shaft from rear differential using the ST.

ST 32005038 DRIVE SHAFT REMOVER

Note
Fit the ST to the bolt (A) as shown in the figure to avoid damage on the side bearing retainer.

(A)

Bolt