Parking Brake Cable: Adjustments
1. Adjust rear brakes. Adjustments2. Apply parking brake to 6 clicks, and release. Repeat this apply/release step five times.
3. Check parking brake pedal for full release by turning ignition to "ON" and checking the "BRAKE" warning lamp. The lamp should be off. If the lamp is on, verify the pedal is in the fully released position and pull downward on the front parking brake cable to remove slack.
4. Raise vehicle and suitably support.
5. Remove access hole plug in rear brake backing plates.
6. Adjust parking brake cable until a 1/8-inch drill bit can be inserted through access hole into space between shoe web and park brake lever. Satisfactory cable adjustment is achieved when a 1/8-inch bit will fit into the space, but a 1/4-inch bit will not.
7. Apply parking brake one click, and check rear wheel rotation. When you try to rotate the wheels by hand in a forward direction, they should not move; in a rearward direction, they should drag or not move.
8. Release parking brake and check for free wheel rotation.
9. Reinstall access hole plugs.
10. Lower vehicle.