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5000 Turbo

  1. Raise and support vehicle. Release parking brake lever, and ensure parking brake levers at each rear wheel are resting on caliper stops. Loosen parking brake cable adjustment if necessary. Depress brake pedal several times, then pull parking brake lever up to 3rd notch.
  2. Tighten adjusting nut at equalizer until both wheels can just be turned by hand. Release parking brake lever. Check that wheels rotate freely and levers on calipers return to stops. See Fig 1.
Fig 1: Rear Caliper Parking Brake Lever Resting Position (5000 Turbo) Brake levers should be against stops.
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