Subaru Legacy IV (2008 year). Manual - part 1150

EB-20

Rear Door

EXTERIOR BODY PANELS

6. Rear Door

A: REMOVAL

1. REAR DOOR PANEL

1) Disconnect the ground cable from the battery.
2) Remove the rear door trim. <Ref. to EI-49, RE-
MOVAL, Door Trim.>
3) Remove the rear speaker. <Ref. to ET-9, RE-
MOVAL, Rear Speaker.>
4) Remove the sealing cover. <Ref. to EB-23, RE-
MOVAL, Rear Sealing Cover.>
5) Remove the rear door glass. <Ref. to GW-23,
REMOVAL, Rear Door Glass.>
6) Remove the door sash and rear door regulator
and motor assembly. <Ref. to GW-25, REMOVAL,
Rear Regulator and Motor Assembly.>
7) Remove the rear door latch. <Ref. to SL-40, RE-
MOVAL, Rear Door Latch and Door Lock Actuator
Assembly.>
8) Remove the rear outer handle. <Ref. to SL-39,
REMOVAL, Rear Outer Handle.>
9) Remove the screw to remove the door trim
bracket.

10) Remove the rear door weather strip.

NOTE:
If the weather strip clip is removed with excessive
force, the weather strip may be damaged. Be sure
to use clip remover to remove.

11) Remove the bolts and nuts to remove the door
checker.

12) Remove the rear door. <Ref. to EB-21, REAR
DOOR ASSEMBLY, REMOVAL, Rear Door.>

EB-00152

(A) Pin clip

(B) Weather strip clip

EB-00156

(A)

(B)

(A)

EB-00141

EB-00154

EB-21

Rear Door

EXTERIOR BODY PANELS

2. REAR DOOR ASSEMBLY

1) Disconnect the ground cable from the battery.
2) Pull the door harness connector inside the cen-
ter pillar, then disconnect the connector.

3) Put a wooden block on jack and place jack under
the rear door. Support the rear door with the jack to
protect it from damage.

4) Remove the bolt from the door checker.

5) Remove the door-side bolts for upper and lower
hinges to remove the rear door panel.

6) Remove the door hinge from vehicle.

B: INSTALLATION

1. REAR DOOR PANEL

Install in the reverse order of removal.

Tightening torque:

Refer to “COMPONENT” of “General Descrip-
tion”. <Ref. to EB-9, REAR DOOR PANEL, 
COMPONENT, General Description.>

2. REAR DOOR ASSEMBLY

1) Put a wooden block on jack and place the rear
door on that.

2) Apply grease to the moving part of door hinges.
3) Install the rear door to upper hinge and lower
hinge adjusting by jack.
4) Tighten bolt of door checker.
5) Connect the door harness connector, and install
the center pillar inner protector.
6) Install the center pillar lower trim.

Tightening torque:

Refer to “COMPONENT” of “General Descrip-
tion”. <Ref. to EB-9, REAR DOOR PANEL, 
COMPONENT, General Description.>

EB-00284

EB-00013

EB-00014

EB-00015

EB-00013

EB-22

Rear Door

EXTERIOR BODY PANELS

C: ADJUSTMENT

1) Open the rear door, loosen the door-side bolts of
upper and lower hinges to align the position for ver-
tical and horizontal direction of rear door panel.

2) Loosen the screw (A) and tap striker (B) using
plastic hammer to adjust the gap between rear end
surface of rear door panel and body surface.

CAUTION:
Do not use an impact wrench. Welding area on
the striker nut plate is easily broken.

EB-00015

EB-00017

(B)

(A)

EB-23

Rear Sealing Cover

EXTERIOR BODY PANELS

7. Rear Sealing Cover

A: REMOVAL

1) Disconnect the ground cable from the battery.
2) Remove the rear door trim. <Ref. to EI-49, RE-
MOVAL, Door Trim.>
3) Remove the sealing cover.

NOTE:
• Carefully remove the butyl tape. Excessive force
will easily break the cover.
• If cover gets broken, replace it with a new part.

B: INSTALLATION

1) Install in the reverse order of removal.
2) When replacing the sealing cover, use the butyl
tape.
3) Press the butyl tape-applied area firmly to pre-
vent any floating on surface.

Butyl tape:

3M 8626 or equivalent

NOTE:
• Apply a uniform bead of butyl tape.
• Attach the sealing cover, keeping it from becom-
ing wrinkled.
• Breaks in the bead will allow water leakage and
contamination.

C: INSPECTION

If the sealing cover gets damaged, replace it with a
new part.

EB-00018