Cable Installation

1. Install the parking brake cable into the floor pan. Make sure sealing grommet on park brake cable is installed in floor pan as far as possible to insure a proper seal.
2. Install the 2 parking brake cable routing brackets on the frame rail. Install and securely tighten the routing bracket attaching bolts.
3. Install the park brake cable into the rear brake support plate but do not lock the locking tabs on the cable attachment retainer into the brake support plate.
4. Install the park brake cable on the park brake actuating lever of the trailing brake shoe. Be sure the end of the spring is under the lip on the park brake actuating lever.
5. Push the park brake cable fully into the rear brake support plate. Be sure locking tabs on cable retainer are expanded to ensure park brake cable is securely held in the support plate.
6. Install hub/bearing assembly on rear spindle. Then install a new rear hub/bearing assembly retaining nut. Torque hub/bearing assembly to spindle retaining nut to 250 Nm (185 ft. lbs.).
7. Install hub/bearing assembly dust cap, using a soft faced hammer.
8. Install the rear brake drum on the hub/bearing assembly.
9. Install rear wheel and tire assembly on vehicle. Tighten all wheel stud nuts in crisscross pattern to one-half specified torque. Then repeat pattern, fully tightening stud nuts to 135 Nm (100 ft. lbs.).
10. Lower vehicle.
11. Grasp park brake cable to floor pan seal grommet by hand and pull it into the floor pan to ensure seal grommet is fully seated into the floor pan.

Park Brake Cables Installed In Console Bracket:

12. Route park brake cable under carpeting and up to park brake cable hole in console bracket on floor pan. Then install park brake cable into console bracket. Be sure tabs on park brake cable retainer, have expanded out to hold park brake cable in console bracket.
13. Install the routing bracket holding park brake cables to the floor pan of the vehicle.

WARNING: THE AUTO ADJUSTING FEATURE OF THIS PARK BRAKE LEVER CONTAINS A CLOCK SPRING LOADED TO APPROXIMATELY 20 POUNDS. DO NOT UNLOAD THE ADJUSTER MECHANISM USING A PROCEDURE OTHER THEN THE PROCEDURE IN Step 14. FAILURE TO UNLOAD THE ADJUSTER MECHANISM USING AN ALTERNATE PROCEDURE COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY.

14. Unload the adjuster mechanism on the park brake lever using the following procedure. Grasp the park brake lever output cable by hand and pull upward until all tension is removed from the drill bit used to reload the adjuster mechanism. Remove the drill bit from the clock spring of the park brake lever adjuster mechanism. Then, slowly release the park brake lever output cable until all slack is removed from the cable.
15. Clip the wiring harness to the park brake lever bracket.
16. Install the wiring harness connector on the ground switch of the park brake lever.
17. Cycle the park brake lever once from the released position to the fully applied position and then back to the released position. This will position the park brake cables and fully adjust them to their proper tension.
18. Check the rear wheels of the vehicle with the park brake lever fully released, they should rotate freely without dragging.
19. Raise the park brake hand lever to approximately a 45° angle. This is necessary for the required clearance to install the center console.
20. Install the center console back in the vehicle.
21. Install the wiring harness connector for the center console into the vehicle wiring harness.
22. Install the 2 screws attaching the front of the center console to the shifter. Install the screw hole garnish cap and the PRNDL strip on the center console.
23. Install the 3 screws attaching the rear of the center console to the console bracket.
24. Install the transmission range indicator in the center console.
25. Install the shift knob on the shifter. Install and securely tighten the shift knob retaining screw.
26. Fold the carpeting back into position on the rear floor of the vehicle.
27. Install the 2 clips attaching the carpeting to the cross car beam.
28. Install the 2 wiring harness routing clips on the cross car beam.
29. Install the quarter trim panels.
30. Install both door sill plate scuff moldings, by snapping them onto the door sills.
31. Install lower rear seat cushion. Be sure lower seat cushion is fully installed in retainers on floor pan of vehicle.