Parking Brake Lever: Service and Repair

REMOVAL

WARNING: THE AUTO ADJUSTING FEATURE OF THIS PARKING BRAKE LEVER MECHANISM CONTAINS A CLOCK SPRING LOADED TO APPROXIMATELY 20 POUNDS. DO NOT RELEASE THE AUTO ADJUSTER LOCKOUT DEVICE BEFORE INSTALLING THE REAR WHEEL PARK BRAKE CABLES INTO THE EQUALIZER. KEEP HANDS OUT OF AUTO ADJUSTER SECTOR AND PAWL AREA. FAILURE TO OBSERVE CAUTION IN HANDLING THIS MECHANISM COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS INJURY.





1. Remove shift knob from shifter. Shift knob is attached to shifter using an alien head set screw. Access to set screw is from the front side of the shift knob.

Fig. 45:

2. Remove the shift bezel from the center console. Shift bezel is removed by carefully pulling upward along the edge until the retaining clips unlatch from the center console.
3. Disconnect shift bezel wiring harness from vehicle wiring harness.





4. Remove screw attaching center console to console bracket.





5. Remove the 4 screws mounting the storage tray and lid to the center console. Remove the lid and storage tray from the center console.
6. Raise park brake hand lever to the applied position. This is required for clearance to remove center console.
7. Remove center console from vehicle.
8. Lower park brake lever handle.

Fig. 48:

9. Grasp park brake lever output cable by hand and pull upward. Continue pulling on cable until a 3/16 inch drill bit can be inserted into handle and sector gear of park brake mechanism. This will lock the park brake mechanism and take tension off park brake cables.





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





11. Remove wiring harness electrical connector from brake warning light ground switch on park brake lever.





12. Remove the 2 nuts attaching park brake lever. Remove park brake lever mechanism from vehicle.

INSTALLATION
1. Install park brake mechanism on studs in floor of vehicle. Install and tighten the 2 attaching nuts to a torque of 26 Nm (225 inch lbs.).
2. Install both rear park brake cables into equalizer on park brake lever output cable.
3. Ensure that park brake cable is correctly installed and aligned with cable track on park brake lever.
4. Using pliers, firmly grasp park brake lever locking pin (drill bit). Quickly remove drill bit from park brake lever mechanism. This will allow park brake lever mechanism to correctly adjust park brake cables.
5. Connect wiring harness electrical connector on brake warning light ground switch on park brake mechanism.
6. Cycle park brake lever once to position park brake cables. Then return the park brake lever its released position. Check the rear wheels of the vehicle. They should rotate freely without dragging.
7. Raise park brake lever to its fully engaged position. This is necessary to allow installation of the center console.
8. Install center console.
9. Install the 4 screws, mounting console, storage tray and lid.

10. Install screw mounting front of center console to console bracket.
11. Connect shift bezel wiring harness to vehicle wiring harness.
12. Install shift bezel on center console. Shift bezel is installed by firmly pressing it down on center console until the 4 retaining clips are holding it to the center console.
13. Install shift knob on shifter. Install and securely tighten set screw holding shift knob to shifter. Access to set screw is from the front side of the shift knob.