Parking Brake Cable, Drum Brake

Parking Brake Cable, Drum Brake

Removing

- Loosen the wheel bolts.

- Raise the vehicle.

- Remove the wheel.

- Release parking brake.

- Reset brake, refer to => [ Reset Rear Drum Brake ] Procedures.

- Remove brake drum, refer to => [ Brake Drum ] Brake Drum.

Vehicles with the Highline center console






- Open the cover on the rear storage compartment.

- Remove the mat from the storage compartment.

- Loosen the adjusting nut - arrow - until it is possible to disengage the parking brake cable - 1 - from the compensator bracket - 2 -.

Vehicles with the Basis center console






- Remove the mat from the rear storage compartment.

- Loosen the adjusting nut - arrow - until it is possible to disengage the parking brake cable - 1 - from the compensator bracket - 2 -.

Continuation for both vehicles






- Use pliers to pull the parking brake cable - 1 - toward the rear - arrow -.

- Disengage the parking brake cable - 1 - from the lever - 2 -.

- Unclip the parking brake cable - 1 - from the tabs - arrows - on the bracket - 2 - on the rear axle.






- Remove the parking brake cable - 1 - bracket - 2 - on the rear axle - 3 -.






- Disengage the parking brake cable - 1 - from the bracket - 2 - and pull it from the guide tube - 3 -.






Installing






Install in reverse order of removal. Note the following:

- Slide the parking brake cable - 1 - into the guide tube - 3 - and engage it in the bracket - 2 -.

- Slide the parking brake cable - 1 - through the grommet - 2 - on the bracket located on the rear axle - 3 -.






- Carefully clip the parking brake cable - 1 - into the tabs - arrows - on the bracket - 2 -.






- Use pliers to pull the parking brake cable - 1 - toward the rear - arrow -.






- Engage the parking brake cable - 1 - on the lever - 2 -.

The parking brake cable must be installed free of tension between the brake drum and the bracket on the rear axle.

- Attach parking brake cable - 1 - to pull-rod - 2 -.






- Install the brake drum.

- Pretension the parking brake cable using the adjustment nut - arrow -.

- Install the wheel and tighten.

- Adjust parking brake. Refer to=> [ Parking Brake, Adjusting, with Drum Brake ] Parking Brake, Adjusting, with Drum Brake.