Parking Brake Lever Removal

Center Console Rear Attaching Screws:

1. Remove the 2 screws attaching rear of center console assembly to console bracket.

Shift Knob Retaining Screw:

2. If vehicle is equipped with an automatic transmission 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.
3. If the vehicle is equipped with a manual transmission remove the gearshift knob and shifter boot using the following procedure.

Gearshift Knob:

^ Push shifter boot down to expose clips on gearshift knob and roll pin on shifter handle.
^ Pry the clips on the shifter knob away from the roll pin in the shifter handle using a flat blade pry tool.

Gearshift Knob Removal:

^ Remove the shifter knob from the shifter handle, by pulling the shifter knob straight up.

Boot Removal:

^ Remove the shifter boot from the center console. Shifter boot is removed by squeezing the bezel together at the base of the shifter boot and pulling upward on the boot.

Center Console Front Attaching Screws (Automatic):

Center Console Attaching Screws (Manual):

4. Remove the 2 screws attaching the front of the center console to the gear selector or shifter.
5. Raise the park brake hand lever to approximately the half way point of its total travel. This will allow for the required clearance to remove the center console.
6. Remove the center console/arm rest from the vehicle.
7. Lower park brake lever handle.

Park Brake Lever Output Cable Adjustment Nut:

8. Loosen adjusting nut on park brake lever output cable. This will take tension off output cable, allowing it to be easily removed from tension equalizer.

CAUTION: Discard output cable retaining clip after removing it from park brake cable tension equalizer. Retainer is not to be re-used, a new retainer is to be installed when attaching output cable to tension equalizer.

Output Cable To Equalizer Retaining Clip:

9. Using a screwdriver unlatch the park brake output cable retainer. Then remove cable retainer from park brake cable tensioner equalizer.
10. Remove the park brake cable tension equalizer from the park brake lever output cable.

Wiring Harness Connection To Ground Switch:

11. Remove the electrical connector from the ground switch on the park brake lever mechanism

Wiring Harness:

12. Unclip the wiring harness from the park brake mechanism bracket. Wiring harness is attached to bracket using 2 routing clips pushed through holes in the top of the bracket.

Park Brake Lever Bracket Mounting:

13. Remove the 4 bolts attaching the park brake mechanism bracket.
14. Remove the park brake mechanism from the vehicle.