Removal & Installation
- Raise and support vehicle.
- Remove rear cross strut at frame floor.
- Lower rear exhaust system.
- Remove heat shield below drive shaft.
- Pretension automatic brake cable slack adjuster by turning detent eccentric bolt to the left using an Allen wrench (approximately half a turn) and simultaneously push backwards in slot until spring-loaded detent eccentric (b) engages with raised section (h) in hold down clip (d). See Figure
.
- Unhook retracting spring (94). See Fig 1
.
- Remove brake cable (85) at intermediate lever (91) by unscrewing bolt (93). Bolt brake cable to cable slack adjuster.
- Remove instrument panel lower cover. See COVER BELOW INSTRUMENT PANEL
.
- Remove accelerator pedal. See ACCELERATOR PEDAL
.
- Remove floor covering in driver footwell. See Fig 2
.
- Remove brake cable from parking brake pedal (75) using snap-release tool (043). See Fig 3
.
- Remove lower engine compartment paneling.
- Unclip brake cable from retaining clips (85a) in driver footwell, unclip on outside of frame floor and pull out through grommet (85b) at transmission tunnel.
- Remove brake cable from frame floor using snap release tool.
- Installation is the reverse of removal. Install new retaining clips. Slacken automatic cable slack adjuster (92) by lifting center hold-down clip (arrow) using a screwdriver so that the cable slack adjuster sets itself automatically. See Figure
. Torque nuts and bolts to specification. See TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS
. Adjust parking brake. See PARKING BRAKE
under ADJUSTMENTS.
Courtesy of MERCEDES-BENZ OF NORTH AMERICA.
Courtesy of MERCEDES-BENZ OF NORTH AMERICA.
Courtesy of MERCEDES-BENZ OF NORTH AMERICA.