Park Brake Cables; Park Brake Lever Output Cable - Chrysler 1997 Stratus Convertible RHD Service Manual

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REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)
PARK BRAKE LEVER MOUNTING BOLTS MOUNTING BOLTS
NOTE: The mounting holes in the park brake lever
bracket are slotted, which requires the mounting
bolts to only be loosened but not removed.
(13) Loosen but do not remove the 4 bolts
attaching the park brake lever to the console bracket
(Fig. 129).
Fig. 129 Park Brake Lever Attaching Bolts
(14) Remove the park brake lever assembly from
console bracket using the following procedure. First
rotate the back of the lever bracket upward off the 2
rear mounting bolts, then slide the lever bracket
rearward off the front mounting bolts.
INSTALL
NOTE: If the park brake lever mounting bolts are
not installed in the console bracket install them
before installing the park brake lever on the con-
sole bracket.
(1) Install the park brake lever on the console
bracket using the following procedure. First slide the
front of the park brake lever bracket on the 2 for-
ward mounting bolts, then rotate the rear of the
bracket downward onto the 2 rear mounting bolts.
Tighten the 4 attaching bolts (Fig. 129) to a torque of
24 N·m (20 ft. lbs.).
(2) Install the rear park brake cables on the park
brake cable tension equalizer (Fig. 127).
WARNING: THE AUTO ADJUSTING FEATURE OF
THIS PARK BRAKE LEVER CONTAINS A CLOCK
SPRING LOADED TO APPROXIMATELY 20 POUNDS.
DO NOT UNLOAD THE ADJUSTER MECHANISM
USING A PROCEDURE OTHER THEN THE PROCE-
DURE IN Step 3 FAILURE TO UNLOAD THE
ADJUSTER MECHANISM USING AN ALTERNATE
PROCEDURE COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY.
(3) Unload the adjuster mechanism on the park
brake lever using the following procedure.
• Ensure the park brake lever is in the full down
position when attempting to pull on park brake
lever output cable (Fig. 125).
• Grasp the park brake lever output cable by hand
and pull upward until all tension is removed from
the drill bit used to reload the adjuster mechanism
(Fig. 125).
• Remove the drill bit from the adjuster mecha-
nism of the park brake lever (Fig. 125).
• Slowly release the park brake lever output cable
until all slack is removed from the cable.
(4) Clip the wiring harness to the park brake lever
bracket.
(5) Install the wiring harness connector on the
ground switch of the park brake lever (Fig. 128).
(6) Cycle the park brake lever once from the
released position to the fully applied position and
then back to the released position. This will position
the park brake cables and fully adjust them to their
proper tension.
(7) Check the rear wheels of the vehicle with the
park brake lever fully released, they should rotate
freely without dragging.
(8) Raise the park brake hand lever to approxi-
mately a 45° angle. This is necessary for the required
clearance to install the center console.
(9) Install the center console back in the vehicle.
(10) Install the wiring harness connector for the
center console into the vehicle wiring harness (Fig.
124).
(11) Install the 2 screws attaching the front of the
center console to the shifter. (Fig. 123).
(12) Install the 3 screws attaching the rear of the
console to the console bracket (Fig. 121).
(13) Install the transmission range indicator (Fig.
122) in the center console.
(14) Install the shift knob on the shifter. Install
and securely tighten the shift knob retaining screw
(Fig. 130).

PARK BRAKE LEVER OUTPUT CABLE

On this vehicle, the park brake lever output cable
is not replaceable as a separate component of the
park brake lever. Never attempt to repair the park
brake output cable in any manner.

PARK BRAKE CABLES

NOTE: Remove only one rear park brake cable from
the vehicle at a time. Failure to do so will result in
high efforts required to connect the park brake
cables to the tension equalizer and the park brake
lever at the rear wheel brakes.
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