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Removal & Installation

NOTE: Letters and numbers in parenthesis correspond to letters and numbers in illustrations.
  1. Raise and support vehicle. Remove rear wheels.
  2. Remove parking brake shoes. See PARKING BRAKE SHOES  .
  3. Remove return spring (94). See Fig 1 .
  4. Loosen adjusting screw (89).
  5. Remove front brake cable (85) from intermediate lever (91).
  6. Remove brake cables (86) from equalizer (92).
  7. Remove brake cables from frame floor with snap-release tool (043) or by breaking clamping ring (84).
  8. Remove self-locking bolt (98) on wheel carrier.
  9. Remove brake control cable.
  10. Installation is the reverse of removal. Replace self-locking bolts. If clamping ring was broken, insert new clamping ring in groove on brake cable. Tighten nuts and bolts to specification. See TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS  . Adjust parking brake. See PARKING BRAKE  under ADJUSTMENTS.
Fig 1: Removing & Installing Parking Brake Control Cable (Rear)
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