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With Hand Lever

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Fig 1: Center Console
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  1. Remove the floor center console. Refer to CONSOLE, CENTER, REMOVAL .
  2. Manually release the parking brake cable tension. Refer to PARKING BRAKE, STANDARD PROCEDURE .
  3. Raise and support the vehicle. Refer to HOISTING, STANDARD PROCEDURE .
    Fig 2: Cable Equalizer/Tensioner
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  4. Remove the parking brake cable equalizer/bent nail tensioner (4) from the three parking brake cables (2, 3, 5).
  5. Collapse the front cable retainer fingers at the end of the cable housing where it contacts the intermediate bracket (1). Pull the cable (5) forward and remove it from the intermediate bracket.
    Fig 3: Cable Mounting To Underbody With Hand Lever
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  6. Remove the screws (4) securing the front cable routing clamps (1, 5) to the underbody of the vehicle.
  7. Remove the cable routing clamps (1, 5) from the cable (6).
  8. Lower the vehicle.
    Fig 4: Cable Mounting To Hand Lever
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  9. Remove the mounting screws (3) fastening the front cable (4) to the side of the parking brake lever (1).
  10. Remove the adjusting nut (2) from the end of the front parking brake cable.
  11. Remove the cable strand from the lever.
  12. Pull the cable seal loose from the floor pan and remove the front parking brake cable from the vehicle through the access hole in the floor pan.