Ford Ranger Maintaince And Repair Manual page 1037

5. Working on the wheel side, use a
retainer so they can pass through the hole in the brake backing plate. Draw the cable retainer out of
the hole.
6. With the spring tension off the parking brake lever, lift the cable out of the slot in the lever, and
remove the cable through the brake backing plate hole.
To install:
7. Route the right cable behind the right shock and through the hole in the left frame side rail. Route the
left cable inboard of the leaf spring. Pull the cable through the brake backing plate until the end of the
cable is inserted over the slot in the parking brake lever. Pull the excess slack from the cable and
insert the cable housing into the brake backing plate access hole until the retainer prongs expand.
8. Insert the front of the cable housing through the frame crossmember bracket until the prong expands.
Insert the ball end of the cable into the key hole slots on the equalizer, rotate the equalizer 90° and
recouple the Tension Limiter threaded rod to the equalizer.
9. Install the rear brake drum and wheel, and adjust the rear brake shoes.
10. On 1991−92 models, adjust the parking brake tension using the appropriate procedure shown above.
11. On 1993−99 models, release the cable tension as outlined under cable adjustments.
12. Rotate both rear wheels to be sure that the parking brakes are not dragging.
13. Lower the vehicle and tighten the wheel lug nuts to 100 ft. lbs. (135 Nm).
REAR DISC BRAKE
1. Loosen the rear wheel lug nuts.
2. Raise the rear of the vehicle and remove the wheel.
3. Relieve the parking brake cable tension as outlined under cable adjustments.
4. Disconnect the left rear cable from the front cable. For the right rear cable, disconnect it from the
cable equalizer and rear guide bracket.
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5. Use a / in. (14mm) wrench and compress the prongs that retain the cable housing to the frame
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bracket, and pull the cable and housing out of the bracket.
6. Lift the parking brake rear cable eyelet off of the parking brake lever at the rear disc brake backing
plate.
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HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
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/ in. (14mm) wrench and compress the prongs on the cable
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View of the rear disc parking brake cable mounting
REMOVAL & INSTALLATION