Lever - Parking Brake: Removal

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2005 Dodge Stratus and 2005 Chrysler Sebring. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

Remove the floor console. (Refer to BODY/INTERIOR/FLOOR CONSOLE - REMOVAL)
Lower parking brake lever handle.

Loosen adjusting nut on park brake lever output cable. See Fig 1. This will take tension off output cable, allowing it to be easily removed from tension equalizer.

Fig 1: Park Brake Lever Output Cable Adjustment Nut (Typical)

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1 - ADJUSTING NUT

2 - PARK BRAKE LEVER

3 - PARK BRAKE LEVER OUTPUT CABLE

CAUTION: Discard output cable retaining clip after removing it from park brake cable tension equalizer. Retainer is not to be re-used, a new retainer is to be installed when attaching output cable to tension equalizer.

Using a screwdriver, unlatch the park brake output cable retainer, then remove cable retainer from park brake cable tension equalizer. See Fig 2.

Fig 2: Output Cable-To-Equalizer Retaining Clip

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1 - SCREWDRIVER

2 - PARK BRAKE LEVER OUTPUT CABLE

3 - CABLE RETAINER

4 - REAR PARK BRAKE CABLES

5 - PARK BRAKE CABLE TENSION EQUALIZER

Remove the park brake cable tension equalizer from the park brake lever output cable.
Remove the electrical connector from the ground switch on the park brake lever mechanism.
Unclip the wiring harness from the park brake mechanism bracket.

Remove the 4 bolts attaching the park brake lever mechanism bracket. See Fig 3.

Fig 3: Park Brake Lever Bracket Mounting

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1 - MOUNTING BOLTS

2 - PARK BRAKE MECHANISM BRACKET

3 - MOUNTING BOLTS

Remove the park brake lever mechanism from the vehicle.