Parking Brake Lever: Service and Repair

LEVER

REMOVAL
1. Remove center console.
2. Lift up rear seat and carpet covering the parking brake cables.





3. Place a screw driver through the front cable eyelet and pry back on the front cable.





4. Have an assistant pry down the lock out spring through the hole in the side of the park brake lever with a small screw driver. Then slowly release the front cable.

NOTE: Their should be slack in the cable if the lock out marina is encased.

5. Disconnect parking brake switch wiring connector.
6. Disengage front cable end from parking brake lever.





7. Compress the cable retainer with a 13 mm wrench and remove the cable from the parking brake lever bracket.





8. Remove the park brake lever mounting nuts and console bracket.
9. Lift the lever assembly off the mounting studs and pull the front cable out of the lever bracket.

INSTALLATION
1. Install the lever assembly on the mounting studs while feeding the front cable into the lever bracket.
2. Install the console bracket and mounting nuts.
3. Engage the front cable end to the lever.
4. Connect parking brake switch wire connector.
5. Pull on the lever to release the lock out spring.
6. Install center console.
7. Fold down the rear carpet cover and rear seat.