Parking Brake Cable

Remove or disconnect:

PROCEDURE.

1. Lower the parking brake lever.

2. Raise the vehicle slightly to remove the rear wheels.

3. Brake drums. If necessary, move the parking brake expander lever back by inserting a screwdriver into the hole in the brake backing plate.

4. Raise the vehicle.

5. Remove the heat shield nuts and place the shield on the muffler.

6. Remove cable 106 from the equalizer.

103. Before removing the equalizer, measure the length

of the free thread of the parking brake adjusting rod (up to the adjusting

nut).

7. Remove cable 106 from the guides on the transmission tunnel.

8. Remove the plastic guides from the bracket on the fuel tank.

9. Remove the cable from the guides on the rear suspension beam.

10. Remove the cable holders from the plastic bushings on the brake backing plates.

11. Remove the cable ends from the parking brake expander lever and remove the cable from the brake backing plates.

Installation

PROCEDURE.

1. Install the new cable to the parking brake expander levers, inserting the cable ends into the holes in the brake backing plates.

2. Insert the plastic bushings into the brake backing plates and press the cable holders into them.

3. Brake drums and set screws. If the expander lever was moved back when removing the brake drum, return it to its original position and adjust the parking brake.

4. Install cable 106 into the guides on the rear suspension beam. Insert the plastic bushing into the fuel tank bracket.

5. Install the cable into the guides on the transmission tunnel, making sure that the

black guide is located on top.

6. Install equalizer 103, the clamp and the cable onto the adjusting rod, and screw on a new nut to the position the old nut occupied before disassembly.

7. Heat shield.

8. If the expander lever was moved back when removing the brake drum,

adjust the parking brake (see subsection 17.28).

9. Wheels. Tighten the wheel bolts to torque 90 N·m.

10. Lower the vehicle.