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Stroke Inspection

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  1. Depress the brake pedal several times.
  2. Pull the parking brake lever 2-3 times. 
  3. Inspect the parking brake stroke by slowly pulling at point A 50 mm {1.97 in}  from the end of the parking brake lever with a force of 98 N {10 kgf, 22 lbf}  and counting the number of notches (clicking sound).
    • If not within the specification, adjust the parking brake lever.

    Standard 

    1. 1-3 notches 
    Fig 1: Inspecting Parking Brake Lever Stroke Length
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