Chrysler 1997 Stratus Convertible RHD Service Manual page 106

5 - 4 BRAKES
AUTOMATIC BRAKE BRAKE HUB/BEARING ASSEMBLY TRAILING BRAKE SHOE LEADING BRAKE SHOE AUTOMATIC ADJUSTER BRAKE SHOE ANCHOR HOLD DOWN SPRING HOLD DOWN SPRING WHEEL CYLINDER SHOE RETURN SPRING SHOE RETURN SPRING ADJUSTER LOWER UPPER LEVER
DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION (Continued)
As front disc brake linings wear, master cylinder
reservoir brake fluid level will drop. Fluid level
should be checked after replacing linings.
Front disc brakes are equipped with an audible
wear sensor (Fig. 2) on the outboard brake pad. This
sensor emits a sound when the brake lining may
need inspection and/or replacement.
REAR DRUM BRAKES
This vehicles rear wheel drum brakes, are a two
shoe leading/trailing internal expanding type, with
an automatic self adjuster mechanism. The auto-
matic self adjuster mechanism used on this vehicle is
a screw type adjuster. This type of self adjuster
mechanism is actuated each time the vehicles service
brakes are applied. The automatic adjuster mecha-
nism is located directly below the rear wheel cylinder
(Fig. 5).
The original equipment rear drum brakes used on
this vehicle are supplied by Kelsey Hayes Inc. (Fig.
5).
Fig. 5 Kelsey Hayes Rear Wheel Brake Assembly
PARKING BRAKES
All vehicles are equipped with a center mounted,
hand operated park brake lever (Fig. 6). This lever is
an auto-adjust type which continuously applies min-
imal tension to the parking brake cables to keep
them in adjustment at all times. Due to this feature,
the park brake cable system does not require adjust-
ment. Proper parking brake system adjustment is
obtained by proper rear drum brake shoe adjustment.
On this vehicle, the rear wheel service brakes also
act as the vehicle's parking brakes. The rear drum
brake shoes, when acting as parking brakes, are
mechanically operated using an internal actuating
lever and strut which is connected to a flexible steel
cable. There is an individual park brake cable for
each rear wheel, which are joined using a park cable
PARK PARK AUTOMATIC BRAKE BRAKE OUTPUT CABLE HAND LEVER MECHANISM EQUALIZER ADJUSTER ASSEMBLY CABLE LEVER
BRAKE TUBE ASSEMBLY ROUT- NON-ABS EQUIPPED PROPOR-
TIONING VALVES ING BRACKET
equalizer before terminating at the floor mounted,
hand operated park brake lever.
Fig. 6 Park Brake Lever Assembly
PROPORTIONING VALVES
This vehicle uses in-line proportioning valves. The
proportioning valves are located in the rear brake
tubes on vehicles not equipped with Antilock Brakes
(Fig. 7) or at the rear brake outlet ports of the
hydraulic control unit (HCU) on vehicles equipped
with Antilock Brakes (Fig. 8). The in-line proportion-
ing valves used on this vehicle, replace the combina-
tion valve used in prior brake hydraulic systems.
With this design, the chassis brake tubes connect
directly from the master cylinder or (HCU) to the
brake flex hose at the wheel. The non ABS equipped
proportioning valves are located in the same area of
the vehicle as the hydraulic unit on ABS equipped
vehicles (Fig. 7).
Fig. 7 Proportioning Valves For Non ABS Equipped
Proportioning valves balance front to rear braking
by controlling at a given ratio, the increase in rear
REAR WHEEL BRAKE TUBES FROM MASTER CYLINDER FRONT CROSSMEMBER
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