Chrysler 1997 Stratus Convertible RHD Service Manual page 154

5 - 52 BRAKES
PARK BRAKE CABLE FUEL TANK SEALING GROMMET
REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)
(29) Remove the park brake cable and sealing
grommet (Fig. 146) from the floor pan of the vehicle.
Fig. 146 Park Brake Cable Removal / Installation At
Floor Pan
INSTALL
(1) Install the park brake cable into the floor pan.
Make sure sealing grommet on park brake cable (Fig.
146) is installed in floor pan as far as possible to
insure a proper seal.
(2) Install the 2 park brake cable routing brackets
(Fig. 145) on the frame rail. Install and securely
tighten the routing bracket attaching bolts.
(3) Install the park brake cable into the rear brake
support plate but do not lock the locking tabs on
the cable attachment retainer into the brake support
plate.
(4) Install the park brake cable on the park brake
actuating lever of the trailing brake shoe (Fig. 143).
Be sure the end of the spring is under the lip
on the park brake actuating lever.
(5) Push the park brake cable fully into the rear
brake support plate. Be sure locking tabs on cable
retainer are expanded to ensure park brake cable is
securely held in the support plate.
(6) Install hub/bearing assembly on rear spindle.
Then install a new rear hub/bearing assembly
retaining nut (Fig. 142). Torque hub/bearing assem-
bly to spindle retaining nut to 250 N·m (185 ft. lbs.).
(7) Install hub/bearing assembly dust cap, (Fig.
141) using a soft faced hammer.
(8) Install the rear brake drum on the hub/bearing
assembly (Fig. 140).
(9) Install rear wheel and tire assembly on vehicle.
Tighten all wheel stud nuts in criss cross pattern to
one-half specified torque. Then repeat pattern, fully
tightening stud nuts to 135 N·m (100 ft. lbs.).
(10) Lower vehicle.
FUEL LINES VEHICLE FLOOR PLAN
(11) Grasp park brake cable to floor pan seal grom-
met by hand and pull it into the floor pan to ensure
PARK PARK BRAKE CABLES CONSOLE BRACKET BRAKE RETAINING TABS CARPETING RETAINERS CABLE
seal grommet is fully seated into the floor pan.
(12) Route park brake cable under carpeting and
up to park brake cable hole in console bracket on
floor pan. Then install park brake cable into console
bracket (Fig. 147). Be sure tabs (Fig. 147) on park
brake cable retainer, have expanded out to hold park
brake cable in console bracket.
Fig. 147 Park Brake Cables Installed In Console
(13) Install the routing bracket holding park brake
cables to the floor pan of the vehicle (Fig. 138).
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 14 FAILURE TO UNLOAD THE
ADJUSTER MECHANISM USING AN ALTERNATE
PROCEDURE COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY.
(14) Unload the adjuster mechanism on the park
brake lever using the following procedure. Grasp the
park brake lever output cable by hand and pull
upward until all tension is removed from the drill bit
(Fig. 135). used to reload the adjuster mechanism.
Remove the drill bit from the clock spring of the park
brake lever adjuster mechanism. Then, slowly release
the park brake lever output cable until all slack is
removed from the cable.
(15) Clip the wiring harness to the park brake
lever bracket.
(16) Install the wiring harness connector on the
ground switch of the park brake lever.
(17) 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 thier
proper tension.
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