Releasing Cable Tension (Aerostar)
- Remove boot cover from parking brake control lever. Place control lever in released position. Insert a steel pin through pawl lock-out pin hole. See Fig 1.
- Insert pin from inboard side at a slightly upward and forward angle and sweep downward and rearward to move self-adjusting pawl. This procedure locks out self-adjusting pawl.
- Raise vehicle with helper inside on hoist. Pull rearward on equalizer about 1-2 1/2" (25.4-57.1 mm), rotating self-adjuster reel backward.
- With equalizer pulled rearward, have helper inside vehicle insert a steel pin through self-adjusting spring lock-out holes in lever arm and lever body, locking ratchet wheel in cable released position.
CAUTION:
DO NOT
remove steel pin until cables are connected to equalizer. If pin is removed too soon, ratchet wheel spring will unwind, releasing tension. Entire assembly must be removed to reset tension.