Brake Pedal and Brake Booster, Disconnecting and Connecting
Brake Pedal and Brake Booster, Disconnecting and Connecting
• Separate the brake pedal from the brake booster.
If possible, leave the brake pedal stop installed; it could break the mount for the brake lamp sensor if the brake pedal is released too quickly.
Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required
• Release Tool for Brake Light Switch (T40168).
• Release Tool (T10006)
- Remove the driver side storage compartment - 1 to 3 -.
- Disconnect the connector - C - on the footwell vent.
- Remove the footwell vents - A-B -.
- Remove the brake lamp sensor, refer to => [ Brake Lamp Sensor ] Service and Repair.
- First move the brake pedal toward the brake booster and the hold it in this position.
1 Brake Pedal
2 Pressure Rod
3 Retaining tabs.
- Insert the (T10006) as illustrated and pull it toward the driver seat. Counter-hold the brake pedal while doing this. (At this moment the pedal must not move backward). The mounting retaining lugs - 3 - will thereby be pressed off the ball head of the push rod - 2 -.
For ease of illustration separating the brake pedal from the brake booster is shown with the pedal assembly removed.
- Pull (T10006) and brake pedal together toward the driver seat. (This will pull the brake pedal off the push rod ball head).
• Connect the brake pedal to the brake booster.
• If possible, leave the brake pedal stop - 17 - installed; it could break the mount for the brake lamp sensor - 10 - if the brake pedal is released too quickly.
Be careful not to damage the stop - 17 - on the brake pedal. The brake lamp sensor mount - 10 - could break when the brake pedal is unlocked.
- Hold the push rod ball head in front of the mount and push the brake pedal toward the brake booster, so that the ball head clicks into place.
- Install the brake lamp sensor, refer to => [ Brake Lamp Sensor ] Service and Repair.
- Install the footwell vent - A -.
- Connect the connector - C - on the footwell vent.
- Install the driver side storage compartment - 1 to 3 -.