Parking Brake Cable: Service and Repair

NOTE: Remove only one rear parking brake cable from the vehicle at a time. Failure to do so will result in high efforts required to connect the parking brake cables to the tension equalizer and the parking brake lever at the rear wheel brakes.

For servicing of either the left or right rear parking brake cable, follow the procedure as listed below.

REMOVAL
1. Remove the shift knob from the shifter. The gear shift knob is attached to the shifter using a set screw. Access to the set screw is from the front of the shift knob and is removed using a 2 mm allen wrench.





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2. Remove the shift range indicator from the center console. The shift range indicator is attached to the center console using retaining clips. It is removed by carefully prying it off the center console. The shift range indicator covers the 2 attaching screws for the center console.






3. Remove the 2 screws attaching the center console to the shifter.






4. Remove the 3 screws attaching the rear of the center console to the console bracket.
5. Raise the park brake lever to a 45° angle. This is required for clearance to remove the center console.






6. Raise the rear of the center console high enough to access the center console wiring harness connector. Disconnect the center console wiring harness connector from the vehicle wiring harness 10-way connector.
7. Remove the center console from the vehicle.
8. Lower the park brake lever to its fully released position.

WARNING: THE AUTO ADJUSTING FEATURE OF THIS PARK BRAKE LEVER CONTAINS A CLOCK SPRING LOADED TO APPROXIMATELY 20 POUNDS. DO NOT RELEASE THE PARK BRAKE CABLES FROM THE EQUALIZER UNTIL THE AUTO ADJUSTER IS RELOADED. FAILURE TO RELOAD THE ADJUSTER MECHANISM BEFORE REMOVING PARK BRAKE CABLES FROM EQUALIZER COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY.

9. Reload the adjuster mechanism on the park brake lever using the following procedure.






- Ensure the park brake lever is in the full down position when attempting to pull on park brake lever output cable.
- Grasp the park brake lever output cable by hand and pull upward.
- Continue to pull upward on cable until a 15/64 drill bit can be inserted in the adjuster mechanism as shown. This will lock-out the auto adjuster mechanism removing the tension from the park brake lever output cable. This will then allow the rear park brake cables to be easily removed from the equalizer.






NOTE:
- If the output cable of the park brake mechanism will not move when pulled on, first, be sure the park brake lever is in the full down position. If park brake lever is in the full down position and the output cable will not move, use the following procedure to reload the adjuster mechanism.
- Using a screw driver push down on the end of the clutch spring where shown. While end of clutch spring is held down, pull outward on park brake mechanism output cable.
- If output cable can not be pulled out of park brake mechanism, by pulling directly on output cable, use a screwdriver inserted in tension equalizer to assist in pulling on cable.






10. Remove both rear wheel park brake cables from the park brake cable tension equalizer.

NOTE: If auto adjuster was not reloaded before removing the tension equalizer from both rear park brake cables, the park brake lever output cable will be pulled into the park brake mechanism.

If this happens the auto adjuster can be reloaded using the following procedure.
Using a screw driver push down on the end of the clutch spring where shown.
While end of clutch spring is held down, pull outward on park brake mechanism output cable. If output cable can not be pulled out of park brake mechanism, by pulling directly on output cable, use a screwdriver inserted in tension equalizer to assist in pulling on cable.
11. Remove the rear seat lower cushion from the vehicle.
12. Remove scuff plates from right and left door sills. Scuff plates are attached to door sills using clips on bottom of scuff plates. Remove by carefully prying scuff plate retaining clips out of door sills.
13. Remove the quarter trim panel from both sides of the vehicle.
14. Remove the 2 wiring harness routing clips from the cross car beam.
15. Remove the 2 clips attaching the carpeting to the cross car beam.
16. Fold rear carpeting forward to expose park brake cables.






17. Remove the routing clip attaching the rear park brake cables to the floor pan.






18. Install the box end of a 1/2 inch wrench over the park brake cable retainer as indicated. This will compress tabs on park brake cable retainer, allowing cable to be removed from console bracket. From under carpet, grasp park brake cable housing and pull cable straight out of console bracket.
19. Raise vehicle on jackstands or centered on a frame contact type hoist. See Hoisting in Maintenance for the required lifting procedure to be used for this vehicle.
20. Remove rear wheel and tire assembly from the side of the vehicle requiring park brake cable service.






21. Remove the rear brake drum from the rear hub/bearing assembly.






22. Remove the dust cap from the rear hub/bearing assembly.






23. Remove the rear hub/bearing retaining nut.
24. Remove the hub/bearing from the spindle.






25. Remove the park brake cable from the park brake actuating lever on the trailing brake shoe .






26. Remove park brake cable from rear brake support plate. Park brake cable is removed from brake support plate using a 1/2 inch wrench as shown to compress locking tabs on park brake cable retainer.
27. Raise vehicle.






28. Remove the 2 routing brackets attaching the park brake cable to the vehicle frame rail.






29. Remove the park brake cable and sealing grommet from the floor pan of the vehicle.

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 criss cross 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.






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.