Parking Brake Lever: Service and Repair
REMOVAL
1. Remove the 2 screws attaching rear of center console assembly to console bracket.
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 alien wrench.
3. If the vehicle is equipped with a manual transmission remove the gearshift knob and shifter boot using the following procedure.
^ 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).
^ Remove the shifter knob from the shifter handle, by pulling the shifter knob straight up.
^ 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.
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.
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.
9. Using a screwdriver unlatch the park brake output cable retainer. Then remove cable retainer from park brake cable tension equalizer.
10. Remove the park brake cable tension equalizer from the park brake lever output cable.
11. Remove the electrical connector from the ground switch on the park brake lever mechanism.
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.
13. Remove the 4 bolts attaching the park brake mechanism bracket.
14. Remove the park brake mechanism from the vehicle.
INSTALLATION
1. Place the park brake mechanism on the console bracket. Install the 4 bolts mounting the park brake mechanism to the console bracket. Tighten the 4 mounting bolts to a torque of 28 Nm (250 inch lbs.).
2. Install the wiring harness on the park brake mechanism bracket.
3. Install the electrical connector on the ground switch of the park brake lever mechanism.
CAUTION: A new cable tension equalizer must be installed when replacing the park brake mechanism. The new cable tension equalizer is required to correctly adjust park brake cable tension after installing park brake mechanism.
4. Install a NEW park brake cable tension equalizer on the park brake lever output cable and rear park brake cables).
CAUTION: A new park brake lever output cable retainer must be used when installing output cable on cable tension equalizer. Cable retainer usage is required to ensure output cable can not separate from tension equalizer.
5. Install a new parking brake lever output cable to tension equalizer retaining clip on tension equalizer. The cable retainer must be closed and securely latched.
6. Adjust cable tension for the parking brake system using the following steps.
^ Position park brake lever so it is in the fully released position.
^ On vehicles with REAR DRUM BRAKES, tighten the adjusting nut on the parking brake lever output cable until 12 mm of thread is out past top edge of adjustment nut.
^ On vehicles with REAR DISC BRAKES, tighten the adjusting nut on the parking brake lever output cable until 26 mm of thread is out past top edge of adjustment nut.
^ Actuate the parking brake lever to its fully applied position (22 clicks) 1 time and then reposition the lever to its fully released position.
NOTE: Actuating the parking brake lever to its fully applied position one time after tightening the adjustment nut will yield (stretch) the bent nail portion of the tension equalizer approximately 1/4 inch. This process will correctly set the parking brake cable tension.
7. Check the rear wheels of the vehicle with the park brake lever fully released, they should rotate freely without dragging.
8. After the park brake cable tension has been properly adjusted, check for free play in park brake lever. Park brake hand lever should feel firm at all clicks, with a maximum of 22 clicks of lever travel possible.
9. Install the center console back in the vehicle.
10. Install the 2 screws attaching the front of the center console to the forward console.
11. Install screws attaching rear of center console assembly to console bracket.
12. Install the shifter boot or PRNDL plate back in the center console.
13. Install the shift knob on the shifter.