Parking Brake Lever: Service and Repair

WM 466119 Removing and installing parking brake lever

Preliminary work for removing parking brake lever
- Remove center console.





Center console

Removing parking brake lever
The parking brake lever -1- is supplied as a spare part, complete with bracket, cover -2- and switch -3- (for warning light indicating that the parking brake is on).





Parking brake lever

1. Disengage parking-brake cable -5- at the parking brake lever. This releases the parking brake lever -1-.
Pull off plug on switch -3-.





Mounting point for parking brake lever

2. Remove parking brake lever and mounting saddle assembly -1- after first removing the fastening nuts -4-.

Installing parking brake lever
1. Install parking brake lever -1-. Use new fastening nuts -4- and tighten them to 23 Nm (17 ftlb.).





Mounting point for parking brake lever

2. Engage brake cable -5-. Connect plug to switch -3-.
3. Remove lock pin on mounting saddle if necessary (only fitted on new parking brake levers/used to prevent automatic readjustment of the parking brake cable).
4. Tighten and loosen the parking brake lever a number of times (due to automatic readjustment of the parking brake cable). Then check the free play of the parking brake lever. If there is too much free play, adjust the parking brake shoes.
Check the free play of the parking brake lever (permissible value) and adjustment specification of the parking brake shoes.

Subsequent work after installing parking brake lever
1. Install center console (-1-).





Installing center console

2. Fit rear wheels if necessary (if the parking brake shoes were adjusted).