Removal (1500 Series)
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- Raise and support the vehicle.
- Remove the tire and the wheel.
- Relieve the tension on the park brake cables by loosening the nut at the equalizer.
- Remove the park brake cable from the park brake actuator lever.
- Remove the rotor. See BRAKE ROTOR .
- Turn the adjustment screw to the fully home position in the notched adjustment nut. See Fig 1.
- Remove the park brake shoe assembly from the backing plate by removing the tips from the slots and sliding the shoe towards the retaining spring until the shoe disengages from the spring.
- Remove the park brake shoe assembly from the vehicle by placing one of the open ends of the shoe over the axle flange and rotating the shoe until it has cleared the flange.