Parking Brake Cable-Rear
Parking Brake Cable-RearRemoval and Installation
Drum brake vehicles
1. Remove the rear drum brake shoes.
Disc brake vehicles
2. With the vehicle in NEUTRAL, position it on a hoist.
All vehicles
3. Release the parking brake control boot clips at the floor console by pressing inward on the base of the boot.
4. Remove the parking brake control boot.
^ Pull the parking brake control boot up and over the lever.
5. Loosen the front cable adjuster nut.
6. Disconnect the cable connector from the LH rear parking brake cable at the equalizer.
7. If removing the LH rear parking brake cable, remove the 2 parking brake equalizer bracket bolts.
^ To install, tighten to 9 Nm (80 inch lbs.).
8. If removing the LH rear parking brake cable, remove the cable-to-fuel tank strap clip.
9. If removing the LH rear parking brake cable, disconnect the front parking brake cable from the equalizer bracket by compressing the cable conduit locking tabs.
10. Remove the cable bracket-to-body bolt.
^ To install, tighten to 23 Nm (17 ft. lbs.).
11. Remove the cable bracket-to-trailing arm bolt.
^ To install, tighten to 23 Nm (17 ft. lbs.).
Drum brake vehicles
12. Compress the rear parking brake cable conduit locking tabs and pull the cable assembly through the brake backing plate.
Disc brake vehicles
13. Release the rear parking brake cable end from the parking brake actuator lever and compress the cable conduit locking tabs.
All vehicles
14. To install, reverse the removal procedure.
^ Adjust the parking brake cable.