Resetting Control Assembly Spring Tension (Aerostar)
- Parking brake control assembly spring tension is lost when coil spring unwinds and disengages from tab on wheel. This occurs when a cable breaks, when servicing system without inserting lock pin or if lock pin is removed before brake cables are connected.
- Remove parking brake control lever assembly. Hook end of coil spring on wheel tab. See Fig 1. Insert a steel pin through pawl lock-out pin holes. 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.
Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
- Slip a spare front cable around pulley. Insert cable anchor pin into pivot hole in ratchet plate assembly. With cable on floor, place foot on cable, or clamp end of cable in a vise.
- Pull on brake control assembly, holding mounting bracket tightly against body of control assembly. Pull until cable tension rotates cable track in order to fully insert lock pin. Insert lock pin so control assembly is in released position. Install parking brake control lever assembly.