Parking Brake Lever Adjustment - Mazda RX-8 Manual

PARKING BRAKE LEVER
PARKING BRAKE LEVER INSPECTION
Stroke Inspection
1. Depress the brake pedal several times.
2. Pull the parking brake lever 2    3 times .
3. Inspect the parking brake stroke by slowly pulling at point A 50 mm {1.97 in} from the end of the
parking brake lever with a force of 98 N {10 kgf, 22 lbf} and counting the number of notches (clicking
sound).
If not within the specification, adjust the parking brake lever.
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Standard
13 notches
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PARKING BRAKE LEVER ADJUSTMENT

1. Depress the brake pedal several times.
2. Remove the service hole cover of the rear console.
3. Turn the adjusting nut and adjust the parking brake lever.
4. After adjustment, pull the parking brake lever one notch and verify that the parking brake warning light
illuminates.
5. Verify that the rear brakes do not drag.
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