Note. Do not bend or deform the parking brake cables as this will cause them to work hard and break prematurely.
Removing
- Parking brake cable for vehicles with rear drum brakes.
- Remove the floor console.
- Loosen the adjusting nut.
- Remove the rear brake drum (pic. 15.66).
Pic. 15.66. Parking brake cable for vehicles with rear drum brakes: 1 - rear brake drum; 2 - upper return spring; 3 - lower return spring; 4 - automatic regulator spring; 5 - automatic gap adjuster; 6 - holder cap; 7 - spring brake shoe holder; 8 - brake shoe holder; 9 - brake shoe with lining assembly; 10 - cable lock; 11 - parking brake cable
Pic. 15.67. Cable (1) parking brake actuator for vehicles with rear disc brakes with integrated drum parking brake mechanism
- Remove the auto adjuster spring.
- Remove the lower return spring.
- Remove the automatic lash adjuster.
- Remove the top return spring.
- Remove the holder cap.
- Remove the holder spring.
- Remove the brake shoe holder.
- Remove the brake pad assembly.
- Remove the retainer.
- Turn out bolts, remove clips of fastening of a cable and remove a cable of a drive of a parking brake.
- Parking brake cable for vehicles with rear disc brakes with built-in drum parking brake mechanism.
- To remove the parking brake cable on vehicles with rear disc brakes with an integrated parking brake drum mechanism, additionally do the following.
- Remove the floor console.
- Loosen the adjusting nut.
- Disconnect the rear of the cable from the parking brake shoe lever.
- Turn out bolts, remove clips of fastening of a cable and remove a cable of a drive of a parking brake.
Installation
- Installation is carried out in the reverse order of removal, taking into account the following.
- On a vehicle with rear disc brakes with an integrated parking brake drum, connect the parking brake cable to the parking brake shoe lever and make sure the rubber boot is securely attached to the end of the cable sheath (pic. 15.68).
Pic. 15.68. Attaching the parking brake cable to the parking brake shoe lever on a vehicle with rear disc brakes with integrated drum parking brakes
- Adjust the travel of the parking brake lever.
- Install the floor console.