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Parking Brake Cable

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2003 GMC Safari and 2003 Chevrolet Astro. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
NOTE: Before you adjust the parking brake, verify that parking brake shoes are adjusted to provide a clearance of 0.026" (0.6604 mm).
  1. Raise and support vehicle. Rotate rear wheels and note amount of brake and driveline drag.
  2. Tighten the adjuster, periodically turning the rear wheels by hand until the drag begins to increase.
  3. Lower vehicle.
  4. Fully apply and release parking brake lever to the floor 3 times.
  5. Raise vehicle.
  6. Repeat step  2.
  7. Loosen adjuster until brake drag is the same as noted in step  1.
  8. Lower vehicle.