Adjustment Procedure
Courtesy of GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
- Adjust the rear brakes. Refer to Drum Brake Adjustment
in Drum Brakes.
- Release the parking brake.
- Raise and suitably support the vehicle. Refer to Lifting and Jacking the Vehicle
in General Information.
- Inspect the parking brake cables for free movement.
Courtesy of GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
- Lower the vehicle
- Remove the parking brake/gearshift console hood. Refer to Console Replacement - Front Floor
in Instrument Panel, Gages and Console.
- Partially raise the vehicle.
- Turn the self-locking nut on the parking brake lever assembly until the wheels are difficult to turn.
- Back off the nut until the rear wheels are just free to turn.
- Lower the vehicle
- Install the parking brake/gearshift console hood. Refer to Console Replacement - Front Floor
in Instrument Panel, Gages and Console.