Subaru 1600 Service Manual page 458

2. Parking (Hand) Brake
Lever
• Replacement
1) Remove parking brake cover.
2) Disconnect electric connector for
parking brake switch.
3) Loosen parking brake adjuster,
and remove inner cable end from
equalizer.
4) Remove parking brake lever.
A17·146
Fig. 10-66 Removing hand brake lever
5)
Install parking brake lever in the
reverse order of removal.
Torque
(Lever
installing bolt)
10 - 14 N·m
(1.0 - 1.4 kg-m,
7 - 10 ft-lb)
6) Adjust parking brake. (See "Ad-
justment of parking brake".)
3. Parking (Hand) Brake
Cable
• Replacement
1)
Loosen front wheel nuts.
2) Jack up vehicle, and support it
with safety stands (rigid racks).
3) Remove front tires and wheels.
4) Remove parking brake cover.
5) Loosen parking brake adjuster,
then remove inner cable end from
equalizer, and detach clamps.
Clamps
Fig. 10-67 Removing clamp
BRAKES
6) Pull out parking brake cable clamp
from caliper, and disconnect cable end.
A17·304
Fig. 10-68 Removing hand brake
cable end
7)
Remove bolt and bracket from
transverse link.
Fig. 10-69
A17-186
8) Remove bolt and clamp from rear
crossmember bracket.
A4·129
Fig. 10-70
10-21
9) Detach parking brake cable from
cable guide at rear crossmember.
Fig. 10-71
A17·148
10) Remove cable ASSY from cabin
by forcibly pulling it forward.
11) Install (new) parking brake ASSY
in the reverse order of removal.
NOTE:
Be sure to pass cable through cable
guide inside the tunnel.
Torque (Rear cross-
member cable clamp)
6.4 - 9.3 N·m
(0.65 - 0.95 kg-m,
Torque (Bracket
4.7 - 6.9 ft·lb)
to transverse link)
4. Adjustment of
Parking (Hand) Brake
After adjusting the rear brake shoe
clearances, depress brake pedal several
times, and check the depressed height
(floor to the upper surface of brake
pedal pad).
Make sure that the distance above is as
specified [more than 80 mm (3.15
in)] , then perform the following opera-
tions.
NOTE:
a. Bleed air completely from the
brake system before attempting the
following operations.
b. Confirm that parking brake lever of
caliper returns fully after slackening
parking brake cable.
1) Forcibly pull hand brake lever 3
to 5 times.
2) Adjust hand brake lever by turn-
ing adjuster until the play at the A
portion is set at 0 to 0.5 mm (0 to
0.020 in), then lock adjuster.