Chrysler 300M Service Manual page 166

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PARKING BRAKE LEVER (Continued)
(21) Pull back floor carpeting on left side of pas-
senger compartment to reveal front park brake cable.
(22) Remove the screw securing the foot rest to the
floor. Remove the foot rest.
(23) Remove the 2 screws securing the front park
brake cable retainer bracket to the rear floor pan
(Fig. 108).
Fig. 108 Front Park Brake Cable At Rear Floor Pan
1 - REAR SEAT CUSHION
2 - B-PILLAR
3 - ROUTING BRACKET SCREW
4 - FRONT PARK BRAKE CABLE
5 - FLOOR PLAN
6 - RETAINER BRACKET SCREWS
(24) Remove 2 routing bracket screws securing
front park brake cable to left side of the passenger
compartment floor. One screw is at the base of the
B-pillar by the seat belt anchor bolt (Fig. 108), and
the other is below the park brake lever assembly on
the floor pan (Fig. 109).
(25) Remove the rear bolt, and loosen the 2 front
nuts on studs, securing the parking brake lever
assembly in place.
(26) Lower the parking brake lever assembly
enough to gain access to the warning lamp ground
wire connector. Remove the brake warning light
ground wire from the switch on the park brake lever
assembly.
(27) Continue to move parking brake lever, with
front park brake cable attached, downward, and
remove both from vehicle together.
INSTALLATION - PARKING BRAKE LEVER AND
CABLE
(1) Install the parking brake lever, with front
cable, back in vehicle by first running the front cable,
starting from front to the rear, along the left side of
passenger compartment. Guide it into the hole at the
rear of the floor pan.
BRAKES - BASE BRAKE SYSTEM 5 - 59
Fig. 109 Front Park Brake Cable Attachment At
Front Floor Pan
1 - TO PARK BRAKE LEVER
2 - ROUTING BRACKET SCREW
3 - FLOOR PLAN
4 - DOOR SILL
5 - WIRE HARNESS
6 - FRONT PARK BRAKE CABLE
(2) Guiding the lever assembly up past the fuse junc-
tion block, position the park brake release cable into
place. Also, reinstall the brake warning lamp wire,
through access hole in lever assembly, onto switch.
(3) Position the lever assembly in its mounting
place. Install the rear mounting bolt and tighten it to
a torque of 27 N·m (19 ft. lbs.). Tighten the 2 mount-
ing nuts to a torque of 27 N·m (19 ft. lbs.).
(4) Ensure that the park brake cable is properly
routed and install the two routing bracket screws.
(5) Install the 2 screws securing the front park
brake cable retainer bracket to the rear floor pan.
(6) Install the foot rest, securing it in place with
its one mounting screw.
(7) Reposition the carpeting in place.
(8) Reinstall the front seat belt anchor bolt at the
base of the B-pillar.
(9) Reinstall the rear door opening sill cover.
(10) Reposition the fuse junction block in place,
and install the two lower, then, the two upper mount-
ing screws.
(11) Reinstall the lower A/C duct in place.
(12) Install the diagnostic connector to the instru-
ment panel steel reinforcement. Reinstall the steel
reinforcement to the instrument panel.
(13) Connect the park brake release cable to the
release handle.
(14) Reconnect the trunk release harness connec-
tor to the release switch.
(15) Reinstall the lower instrument panel cover
below the steering column. Reinstall the 2 screws
securing the lower instrument panel cover behind the
fuse panel cover.