(6) To remove parking brake cable housing from
the body bracket, slide a 14 mm box end wrench over
retainer end compressing the three fingers (Fig. 108).
Alternate method is to use an aircraft type hose
clamp.
(7) Remove the brake shoes from the brake sup-
port plate. (Refer t o 5 - BRAKES/HYDRAULIC/ME-
CHANICAL/BRAKE PADS/SHOES - REMOVAL). (8) Disconnect parking brake cable from parking
brake actuator lever. (9) Remove the parking brake cable housing
retainer from the brake support plate using a 14mm
wrench to compress the retaining fingers (Fig. 109).
INSTALLATION
INSTALLATION - PARKING BRAKE CABLE
(FRONT)
(1) Pass front parking brake cable assembly
through hole in floor pan from the inside of the vehi-
cle. (2) Pass cable strand button through the hole in
the lever (pedal) assembly bracket. (3) Install cable retainer onto the park brake cable
and then install cable retainer into pedal assembly
bracket. (4) Install the end of the park brake cable into the
retainer previously installed into the park brake
pedal bracket. (5) Install cable strand button into the clevis on
the park brake pedal mechanism. (6) Install the front park brake cable floor pan seal
into hole in floor pan. Seal is to be installed so the
flange on the seal is flush with the floor pan (Fig.
99). Fold carpeting back down on floor. (7) Raise vehicle.
(8) Insert brake cable and housing into body out-
rigger bracket making certain that housing retainer
fingers lock the housing firmly into place (Fig. 98). (9) Manually reset the automatic self-adjusting
mechanism tension of the parking brake lever (pedal)
assembly. (Refer t o 5 - BRAKES - STANDARD PRO-
CEDURE).
Fig. 107 Parking Brake Cables At Equalizer
1 - EQUALIZER
2 - LEFT REAR PARKING BRAKE CABLE
3 - LOCKING NUT
4 - INTERMEDIATE PARKING BRAKE CABLE
5 - FRONT PARKING BRAKE CABLE
Fig. 108 Parking Brake Cable Removal From Body Bracket
1 - LEFT REAR PARK BRAKE CABLE
2 - BODY BRACKET
3 - LEAF SPRING MOUNTING BRACKET
4 - CABLE RETAINER
5 - 14MM BOX WRENCH
Fig. 109 Removing Parking Brake Cable From BrakeSupport Plate
1 - PARK BRAKE CABLE RETAINER
2 - PARK BRAKE CABLE
3 - 14MM BOX WRENCH
4 - BRAKE SUPPORT PLATE
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CABLES - PARKING BRAKE (Continued)
(10) Assemble the park brake cables onto the park
brake cable equalizer (Fig. 97). (11) Lower vehicle and apply the park brake pedal
1 time. This will seat the parking brake cables.
INSTALLATION - PARKING BRAKE CABLE
(INTERMEDIATE)
(1) Install the ends of the park brake cables
through the frame rails and into the side brackets. (2) Install the locking nuts at each end of the cable
and securely tighten (Fig. 100) (Fig. 101). (3) If the vehicle is a short-wheel-base model, it
will be necessary to reinstall the fuel tank to its nor-
mal mounting position. (Refer to 14 - FUEL SYS-
TEM/FUEL DELIVERY/FUEL TANK -
INSTALLATION). (4) Install the intermediate parking brake cable on
the cable connector at the right rear parking brake
cable (Fig. 101). (5) Install the intermediate park brake cable on
the cable equalizer (Fig. 100). (6) Remove the locking pliers from the front park
brake cable. This will activate the automatic adjuster
and correctly adjust the parking brake cables. (7) Install and position the foam collar on the
parking brake cable to prevent it from rattling
against the vehicle's floor. (8) Lower the vehicle and apply the park brake
pedal 1 time, this will seat the park brake cables.
INSTALLATION - PARKING BRAKE CABLE
(RIGHT REAR)
(1) Install the rear parking brake cable in the
brake support plate. Insert cable housing retainer
into brake support plate making certain that cable
housing retainer fingers lock the housing and
retainer firmly into place. (2) Attach the parking brake cable onto the park-
ing brake actuator lever. (3) Install the brake shoes on the rear brake sup-
port plate. (Refer t o 5 - BRAKES/HYDRAULIC/ME-
CHANICAL/BRAKE PADS/SHOES -
INSTALLATION). (4) Insert cable housing retainer into body outrig-
ger bracket making certain that cable housing
retainer fingers lock the housing firmly into place. (5) Connect the right rear parking brake cable to
the connector on the intermediate parking brake
cable (Fig. 103). (6) Install the brake drum, then the wheel and tire
assembly. (7) Remove the locking pliers from the front park
brake cable. This will automatically adjust the park
brake cables. (8) Lower the vehicle. (9) Apply and release park brake pedal 1 time.
This will seat the park brake cables.
INSTALLATION - PARKING BRAKE CABLE
(LEFT REAR)
(1) Install the rear parking brake cable in the
brake support plate. Insert cable housing retainer
into brake support plate making certain that cable
housing retainer fingers lock the housing and
retainer firmly into place. (2) Attach the parking brake cable onto the park
brake actuator lever. (3) Install the brake shoes on the rear brake sup-
port plate. (Refer t o 5 - BRAKES/HYDRAULIC/ME-
CHANICAL/BRAKE PADS/SHOES -
INSTALLATION). (4) Insert cable housing retainer into body outrig-
ger bracket making certain that cable housing
retainer fingers lock the housing firmly into place. (5) Connect rear parking brake cable to the equal-
izer bracket (Fig. 107). (6) Install brake drum, and wheel and tire assem-
bly. (7) Remove the locking pliers from the front park
brake cable. This will automatically adjust the park
brake cables. (8) Apply and release park brake pedal 1 time.
This will seat the park brake cables.
ADJUSTMENTS
ADJUSTMENT - PARKING BRAKE CABLES
The park brake cables on this vehicle have an
automatic self adjuster built into the park brake
pedal mechanism. When the foot operated park brake
pedal is in its released (upward most) position, a
clock spring automatically adjusts the park brake
cables. The park brake cables are adjusted (ten-
sioned) just enough to remove all the slack from the
cables. The automatic adjuster system will not over
adjust the cables causing rear brake drag. Due to the automatic adjust feature of the park
brake pedal, adjustment of the parking brake cables
on these vehicles relies on proper drum brake and
park brake shoe adjustment. (Refer t o 5 - BRAKES/
HYDRAULIC/MECHANICAL/DRUM - ADJUST-
MENTS) and (Refer t o 5 - BRAKES/PARKING
BRAKE/SHOES - ADJUSTMENTS). When the park brake pedal is applied the self
adjuster is by-passed and the pedal operates nor-
mally to engage the park brakes. When a service procedure needs to be performed on
the park brake pedal or the park brake cables, the
automatic self adjuster can be manually locked out
by the service technician.
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