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Parking Brake Actuator/Adjuster

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Uses multiplied input force from apply lever to expand parking brake shoe toward the friction surface of the drum-in-hat portion of rear brake rotor. Threaded parking brake actuators are also used to control clearance between parking brake shoe and friction surface of drum-in-hat portion of the rear brake rotor.