Parking Brake Adjustments
NOTE:
Numbers and letters in parenthesis refer to letters and numbers in parenthesis in illustrations.
- Check parking brake pedal assembly version. See PEDAL ASSEMBLY VERSION . Operate parking brake pedal and check parking brake pedal travel. If parking brake pedal travel is not within tolerance range, adjust parking brake. Control force on parking brake pedal with a pulled notch parking brake is 27-54 pound-force (130-240 N) to achieve 1 notch. Control force for a pushed notch parking brake is the same to achieve 5 notches.
- Raise and support vehicle. Remove rear wheels.
- To adjust parking brake shoes, use a flat blade screw driver to rotate adjusting wheel until brake shoes contact parking brake drum and brake disc can no longer be turned by hand. See Fig 1 .
- Turn back adjusting wheel until brake disc can be turned freely by hand. When loosening adjusting wheels ensure that both sides are turned back by same number of teeth (12-15).
- Operate parking brake pedal several times and check parking brake operating force; 27-54 pound-force (130-240 N).
- Check that rear wheels can turn freely.
- Install disassembled components in reverse order and torque to specification. See TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS .
NOTE:
To adjust passenger rear brake shoes, turn adjusting wheel from bottom upwards. To adjust driver rear brake shoes, turn adjusting wheel from top downwards.