Parking Brake Shoe: Adjustments

Parking Brake Shoe and Lining Adjustment

Service Repair No - 70.40.11

1. Apply the parking brake lever and check for correct operation. Release the lever.
2. Raise the rear of the vehicle.
3. Remove both rear road wheels and tires.
4. Remove the plug from the access hole in the brake disc.

NOTE: Rotate the brake disc to locate the adjuster.

NOTE: Make sure that when the parking brake lever is released, the disc will not rotate.

5. Rotate the parking brake shoe adjuster until resistance is felt and the disc will not rotate.
^ Apply and release the parking brake lever several times to centralize the brake shoes, re-adjust if required.
6. Rotate the adjuster back 8 clicks.





7. Repeat the above procedure for the other side.

CAUTION: Before installing the parking brake shoe adjuster access plugs, check the operation of the parking brake lever self adjusting mechanism.

CAUTION: The parking brake lever assembly is self adjusting and will correctly tension the cables. After adjusting the parking brake shoes, apply the parking brake lever several times, release the lever and make sure the rear brake discs are free to rotate.

8. Install the parking brake shoe adjuster access plugs.
9. Install the road wheels.
^ Tighten the wheel nuts to 140 Nm (103 ft. lbs).

CAUTION: The parking brake shoe bedding-in procedure must be carried out if new parking brake shoes or new rear brake discs are installed.

NOTE: It is not necessary to carry out the parking brake shoe bedding-in procedure if the parking brake shoes have been removed for access to other components.

10. If necessary, carry out the parking brake shoe bedding-in procedure.