Parking Brake Cable Adjustment - Vehicles With: Rear Drum Brakes
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2016 Ford Focus. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
Adjustment
- 1.
Apply the parking brake and remove the parking brake control lever boot.
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- 2.
Release the parking brake and loosen the parking brake cable adjustment nut.
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- 4.
Install a cable tie around the RH rear brake shoe and the parking brake lever.
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- 5.
Insert a 2mm hex wrench between the abutment on the LH parking brake lever and the brake shoe.
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- 6.
Tighten the parking brake cable adjustment nut until the hex wrench falls.
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- 7.
Cut and remove the cable tie.
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- 8.
Apply the parking brake, install the parking brake lever boot and then release the parking brake.
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