Park Brake Cable: Installation
- Install park brake cable into floor pan of vehicle making sure sealing grommet is installed in floor pan as far as possible to insure a proper seal. See Figure . Install park brake cable into the rear brake adapter. Be sure locking tabs on cable retainer are expanded to ensure park brake cable is securely held in the adapter.
- Attach the 2 park brake cable routing clips on the rear frame rail. Install and securely tighten routing clip attaching screws. Install the park brake cable on the park brake shoe actuating lever.
- Install the park brake shoes, hub and bearing, rotor and caliper. See PARK BRAKE SHOES , REAR HUB & BEARING ASSEMBLY , REAR BRAKE ROTOR and REAR BRAKE CALIPER . Install rear wheel and tire assembly on vehicle.
- Tighten all wheel lugs nuts to specification. See TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS . Lower vehicle.
- Grasp park brake cable to floor pan seal grommet by hand and pull it into floor pan to ensure seal grommet is fully seated into floor pan. Route park brake cable under carpeting and up to park brake cable hole in console bracket on the floor pan.
- Install park brake cable into console bracket. See Fig 1 . Be sure tabs on park brake cable retainer have expanded out to hold park brake cable in the console bracket.
- Using a screwdriver, unlatch the park brake output cable retainer. See Figure . Then remove cable retainer and park brake cable tension equalizer from park brake lever output cable and discard components.
- Install a NEW park brake cable tension equalizer on the park brake lever output cable. Install NEW rear park brake cables. See Figure .
- Install a NEW park brake lever output cable to tension equalizer retaining clip on tension equalizer. The cable retainer must be closed and securely latched.
- Adjust cable tension for the park brake system. See PARK BRAKE CABLE under ADJUSTMENTS.
- Check the rear wheels of the vehicle with the park brake lever fully released, they should rotate freely without dragging.
- After the park brake cable tension has been properly adjusted, check for free play in park brake lever. Park brake hand lever should feel firm at all clicks, with a maximum of 15 clicks of lever travel possible.
- Install the center floor console. See CENTER CONSOLE . Install rear carpeting.
- Install both rear door sill plate moldings by snapping them onto rear door sills.
- For sedan vehicles, place rear seat cushion in position. Guide seat belts through loops. Engage retainer loops into cup on floor kick-up. Push downward at forward edge at each retainer loop of the rear seat cushion to engage retainers. See Figure .
- For convertible vehicles, position rear seat cushion in vehicle. Place inner seat belts on top of seat cushion. Push seat cushion rearward and align wire loops to retainers in floor pan. Push rear seat cushion firmly downward and engage wire loops to retainers in floor pan. See Figure .
NOTE:
The park brake cable routing and routing clips are different on the right and left side of the vehicle. Be sure the correct routing clips are installed on the correct side of the vehicle.
CAUTION:
Discard output cable retaining clip and tension equalizer after removing it from the park brake output cable. A new tension equalizer and retaining clip is to be used when installing a new rear park brake cable.
CAUTION:
A NEW cable tension equalizer must be installed when replacing a rear park brake cable. The NEW cable tension equalizer is required to correctly adjust park brake cable tension after installing a NEW rear park brake cable.
CAUTION:
A NEW retainer must be used when installing the park brake mechanism output cable on the cable tension equalizer. See Figure
. Cable retainer usage is required to ensure output cable can not separate from tension equalizer.
NOTE:
Fabric covered cushions are serviced as an assembly. Verify visibility of "latch" bars in the seat belt area.