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Cable Adjustment (E450 & E550)

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  1. Ensure the parking brake is fully released.
  2. With the transmission in Neutral, raise and support vehicle on a hoist.
  3. Disconnect the adjusting clevis. Remove the locking pin. Remove the clevis pin and disconnect the adjusting clevis from the parking brake lever. See Figure.
  4. Set the adjusting clevis. Loosen the jam nut several turns. Position the parking brake lever in the applied position. Tighten or loosen the adjusting clevis until the adjusting clevis hole lines up with the parking brake lever hole, and then loosen the adjusting clevis 0.5" (13 mm).
  5. Install the pins and tighten the jam nut. Install the clevis pin through the adjusting clevis and the parking brake lever. Install the locking pin in the clevis pin. Tighten the jam nut.
  6. Lower vehicle. Test parking brake.
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