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Parking Brake Lever: Service and Repair

To gain access to the park brake lever for servicing, the console must be removed from the tunnel area of the vehicle.

REMOVE
1. Disconnect (-) negative cable from negative post on battery, and isolate cable from battery.





2. Remove the 6 screws on each side of the vehicle attaching the driver and passenger side lower fascias to the instrument panel. Then remove both fascia panels from the vehicle.





3. Remove the screw mounting the ashtray to the console. Then remove the ashtray from the console.





4. Remove the bezel for the heater/air conditioning controls and radio from instrument panel. Bezel is removed by carefully prying it out of the instrument panel and console using a screw driver.





5. Disconnect the wiring harness connectors from the lighter and fog lamp switches located in the bezel. Then remove bezel from vehicle.





6. Remove the 2 screws, one on each side of the console, attaching the rear of the console assembly to the tunnel of the vehicle.

NOTE: The driver and passenger seat need to be moved to the full rear position to gain access to the screws.





7. Pull park brake lever up as far as it will go. Lift console assembly up from the rear while sliding park brake boot off park brake lever, to gain access to shift knob attaching nut. Hold shift knob with one hand and loosen nut. When nut is loose turn shift knob off shifter.
8. Lift the console assembly with shift knob and boot attached, off the tunnel.

WARNING: THE SELF ADJUSTING FEATURE OF THIS PARKING BRAKE LEVER ASSEMBLY CONTAIN, A CLOCK SPRING LOADED TO APPROXIMATELY 30 POUNDS. CARE MUST BE TAKEN TO PREVENT EXCESSIVE JARRING OF THE ASSEMBLY. DO NOT RELEASE THE SELF ADJUSTER LOCKOUT DEVICE BEFORE INSTALLING CABLES INTO THE EQUALIZER. KEEP HANDS OUT OF SELF ADJUSTER SECTOR AND PAWL AREA. FAILURE TO OBSERVE CAUTION IN HANDLING THIS MECHANISM COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS INJURY.





9. Load and lockout the parking brake lever self adjuster mechanism clock spring, using the following procedure. Insert a 7/32 inch alien wrench into the alien head screw of the lockout device. Pull on the equalizer/output cable to wind up adjuster spring (requires greater than 30 pounds effort). Continue until self adjuster lockout pawl is positioned about midway on the self adjuster sector. Rotate the lockout device pawl into self adjuster sector by turning allen screw clockwise.





10. Remove both rear park brake cables from the equalizer.

Park Brake Lever Electrical Connections And Mounting:





11. Remove the wiring harness connector from the ground switch on the park brake lever.
12. Remove the 3 nuts attaching the park brake lever to the tunnel panel.
13. Remove the park brake mechanism from the tunnel panel.

INSTALL

Park Brake Lever Electrical Connections And Mounting:





1. Install park brake mechanism over mounting studs in tunnel panel. Install the 3 mounting nuts attaching park brake mechanism to tunnel panel. Install the ground wire between rear park brake mechanism and the mounting nut. Tighten the 3 park brake mechanism mounting nuts to a torque of 29 Nm (250 inch lbs.).
2. Install wiring harness connector on the park brake mechanism switch.
3. Install rear park brake cables into equalizer on park brake mechanism. Be sure the lugs on the end of the park brake cables are squarely seated against the equalizer.
4. Unload and adjust park brake cables using the following procedure. Insert a 7/32 inch alien wrench into hex socket and turn counter-clockwise through approximately 15° of rotation. In turning lockout device, self adjuster release is a loud snapping noise followed by reaching a more felt than heard detente. Very light effort is required to seat lockout arm into detente. Follow through to the detente is important in preventing the lockout rod from rattling.
5. Operate park brake mechanism several times to ensure proper operation. Also be sure that the rear park brake cables are not binding when released.
6. Install the console assembly and park brake lever boot over park brake lever. Then install console assembly on tunnel area of vehicle, with the rear of the console positioned as high as possible.
7. Thread shift knob onto shifter until there is adequate thread engagement, and knob is correctly positioned. Securely tighten the shift knob to shifter retaining jam nut.
8. Lower the console assembly onto the tunnel until correctly positioned in the vehicle. Align the console assembly screw holes with holes in tunnel and install and securely tighten the 2 screws.
9. Connect wiring harness connectors to the fog lamp switches and lighter assembly on the bezel. Be sure the connectors are fully installed on terminals.
10. Align mounting clips on heater, radio and console bezel, with clip attaching holes in instrument panel and console assembly. Carefully push or tap around edge of bezel, until all bezel mounting clips are locked into instrument panel and console assembly.
11. Install ashtray assembly into opening in bezel. Install the ashtray assembly to console assembly attaching screw and securely tighten.
12. Install driver side and passenger side lower instrument panel fascias. Install the 6 screws attaching each lower fascia to the instrument panel and tunnel of vehicle.
13. Reconnect the (-) negative battery cable to the negative battery post. Reset any electrical components on vehicle affected by disconnecting the battery.


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