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P A R T 2-3-F-250 AND F-350, AND P-SERIES BRAKE SYSTEMS
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5. Connect the manifold vacuum
hose to the booster and secure with
the clamp. Connect the reservoir
hose to the booster, if so equipped.
6. F r o m inside the cab, connect
the booster valve operating rod to
the brake pedal with the eccentric
bolt and lock nut. Adjust the brake
pedal free-travel.
7. Start the engine and check the
operation of the brake system.
PARKING BRAKE EQUALIZER
TO CONTROL ASSEMBLY
CABLE
This procedure applies only to
trucks equipped with cable actuated
parking brakes.
REMOVAL
1. Raise the truck on a hoist.
Push the equalizer lever slightly for-
ward, and disconnect the cable rear
(ball) end from the lever (Fig. 3).
2. R e m o v e
the parking
brake
cable retaining U-clip at the cross-
member.
3. Lower
the truck, open the
hood, and remove the cable retain-
ing clamp on the fender apron.
4. R e m o v e the cable retaining U-
clip at the handle assembly. R e m o v e
the cable from the truck.
INSTALLATION
1. Position the n e w cable through
the dash panel and connect i t to the
parking brake handle assembly. Se-
cure the cable to the handle assem-
bly with the U-clip.
2. Install
the
cable
retaining
clamp to the fender apron, and raise
the truck on a hoist.
3. Route the cable through the
crossmember and secure in place
with the U-clip.
4. Push the equalizer lever for-
ward and connect the cable rear
(ball) end to the lever. Adjust the
parking brake cable at the equalizer
assembly.
PARKING BRAKE EQUALIZER
TO REAR WHEEL CABLE
This procedure applies only to
trucks equipped with cable actuated
parking brakes.
REMOVAL
1. Raise the truck and remove the
hub cap, wheel, and brake drum.
Loosen the lock nut on the equalizer
rod and disconnect the cable from
the equalizer.
PARKING BRAKE
LINK SPRING
. REAR BRAKE ASSEMBLY
PARKING LEVER
PIVOT POINT
PARKING BRAKE
LINK
-4-FRONT OF T R U C K -
PARKING
RAKE CABLE
FIG. 1 3—Parking Brake Assembly
2. Remove the horseshoe - type
clip that retains the cable housing to
the frame bracket and pull the cable
and housing out of the bracket.
3. Working
on the wheel side
(Fig.13), compress the prongs on the
cable retainer so that they can pass
through the hole in the carrier plate.
D r a w the cable retainer out of the
hole.
4. With the spring tension off the
parking brake lever, lift the cable
out of the slot in the lever, and re-
m o v e the cable through the carrier
plate hole.
INSTALLATION
1. Pull
enough
of the cable
through the housing so that the end
of the cable m a y be inserted over
the slot in the parking brake lever.
Pull the excess slack from the cable
and insert the cable housing into the
carrier plate access hole so that the
retainer prongs expand (Fig. 13).
2. Thread the front end of the
cable housing through the frame
bracket and install the horseshoe-
type retaining clip. Insert the ball
end of the cable into the equalizer
and tighten the lock nut o n the
equalizer slightly.
3. Install the rear brake drum.
wheel, and hub cap, then adjust the
rear brake shoes.
4. Tighten the lock nut on the
equalizer rod until the slack is taken
out of the cables.
5. Rotate both
rear wheels to
m a k e sure that the parking brakes
are not dragging.
BAND AND DRUM—(BAND
TYPE PARKING BRAKE)
This procedure applies to F-350
series trucks, and P-Series trucks
that are equipped with a 3-speed
H . D. transmission.
REMOVAL
1. Shift the transmission into low
gear and disconnect the drive shaft
companion flange from the trans-
mission output shaft flange by re-
moving the four nuts (Fig. 4).
2. Apply the parking brake, re-
m o v e the transmission output shaft
flange retaining nut, then release the
parking brake.
3. R e m o v e
the cotter pin and
clevis pin, and disconnect the adjust-
ing rod from the cam.
4. R e m o v e the cotter pin and
clevis pin, and remove the c a m link
from the cam.
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