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Parking Brake Lever: Service and Repair

REMOVAL





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1. Remove the shift knob from the shifter. The 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 3 screws attaching the rear of the center console to the console bracket.





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3. 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 screws attaching the center console to the shifter mechanism.





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4. Remove the 2 screws attaching the center console to the shifter.
5. Raise the park brake hand lever to approximately a 45° angle. This is for the required clearance to remove the center console.





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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 park brake lever handle.

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 the 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 the end of the 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. Disconnect the wiring harness from the ground switch on the park brake lever.
12. Remove the wiring harness routing clips from both sides of the park brake mechanism bracket. Move the wiring harnesses out of the way.

NOTE: The mounting holes in the park brake lever bracket are slotted, which requires the mounting bolts to only be loosened but not removed.







13. Loosen but do not remove the 4 bolts attaching the park brake lever to the console bracket.
14. Remove the park brake lever assembly from console bracket using the following procedure. First rotate the back of the lever bracket upward off the 2 rear mounting bolts, then slide the lever bracket rearward off the front mounting bolts.

INSTALLATION

NOTE: If the parking brake lever mounting bolts are not installed in the console bracket install them before installing the park brake lever on the console bracket.

1. Install the parking brake lever on the console bracket using the following procedure. First slide the front of the park brake lever bracket on the 2 forward mounting bolts, then rotate the rear of the bracket downward onto the 2 rear mounting bolts. Tighten the 4 attaching bolts to a torque of 24 Nm (20 ft. lbs.).
2. Install the rear park brake cables on the park brake cable tension equalizer .

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 3 FAILURE TO UNLOAD THE ADJUSTER MECHANISM USING AN ALTERNATE PROCEDURE COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY.

3. Unload 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 until all tension is removed from the drill bit used to reload the adjuster mechanism.
- Remove the drill bit from the adjuster mechanism of the park brake lever.
- Slowly release the park brake lever output cable until all slack is removed from the cable.
4. Clip the wiring harness to the park brake lever bracket.
5. Install the wiring harness connector on the ground switch of the park brake lever.
6. 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.
7. Check the rear wheels of the vehicle with the park brake lever fully released, they should rotate freely without dragging.
8. Raise the park brake hand lever to approximately a 45° angle. This is necessary for the required clearance to install the center console.
9. Install the center console back in the vehicle.
10. Install the wiring harness connector for the center console into the vehicle wiring harness .
11. Install the 2 screws attaching the front of the center console to the shifter.
12. Install the 3 screws attaching the rear of the console to the console bracket.
13. Install the transmission range indicator in the center console.






14. Install the shift knob on the shifter. Install and securely tighten the shift knob retaining screw .










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