Parking Brake Cable: Service and Repair

Parking Brake Cable, through MY 2007

Removing

- Release parking brake.

- Remove center console.

- Loosen adjustment nut - 1 - far enough until respective parking brake cable - 2 - can be disengaged from compensator bracket - 3 -.





Vehicles with Spring Clip on Parking Brake Cable

- Pry off spring clip - 1 -.





- Press the lever on brake caliper - 2 - in - direction of arrow - and unhook the brake cable - 3 -.

Vehicles with Retaining Tabs on Parking Brake Cable

- Press retaining tabs - arrows - inward.





- Press the lever on brake caliper - 1 - in - direction of arrow - and unhook the brake cable - 2 -.

Continuation for All Vehicles

- Remove the Torx bolt - 1 - and then loosen mounting clip from parking brake cable - 2 -.





Vehicles with a Bracket for the Parking Brake Cable

- Remove the parking brake cable - 1 - from the tabs first and then completely from the bracket - 2 -.





Continuation for All Vehicles

- Disengage parking brake cable from bracket - 1 - and pull hand brake cable out of guide tube - 2 -.





Installing

- Slide parking brake cable into guide tube - 2 - and engage it in bracket - 1 -.





Vehicles with a Bracket for the Parking Brake Cable

- Insert the parking brake cable - 1 - through the opening and then clamp it on the bracket - 2 -.





Vehicles with Spring Clip on Parking Brake Cable

- Press lever on brake caliper - 2 - in - direction of arrow - and engage parking brake cable - 3 -.





- Press spring clip - 1 - onto parking brake cable.

Vehicles with Retaining Tabs on Parking Brake Cable

- Slide parking brake cable into bracket on brake caliper so that retaining tabs - arrows - engage.





- Press lever on brake caliper - 1 - in - direction of arrow - and engage parking brake cable - 2 -.

Vehicles without Parking Brake Cable Retainer

Parking brake cable - 2 - must be installed free of tension between bracket on brake caliper and mounting clip.





- Therefore, only now screw mounting clip - 1 - onto longitudinal control arm.

Continuation for All Vehicles

- Engage parking brake cable - 2 - into compensator bracket - 3 -.





- Pre-load parking brake cable using adjustment nut - 1 -.

- Adjust parking brake. Refer to => [ Parking Brake, Adjusting ] Service and Repair.