Removal - Parking Brake Cable (Left Rear) - Chrysler Dodge Caravan 2002 Manual

5 - 70 BRAKES - BASE
CABLES - PARKING BRAKE (Continued)
Fig. 115 Right Park Brake Cable Removal From
Body Bracket
1 - RIGHT REAR BODY BRACKET
2 - PARK BRAKE CABLE
3 - 14MM WRENCH
4 - LEAF SPRING AND BRACKET
Fig. 116 Removing Park Brake Cable From Brake
Support Plate
1 - PARK BRAKE CABLE RETAINER
2 - PARK BRAKE CABLE
3 - 14MM BOX WRENCH
4 - BRAKE SUPPORT PLATE
REMOVAL - PARKING BRAKE CABLE (LEFT
REAR)
(1) Raise vehicle on jackstands or centered on a
hoist. (Refer to LUBRICATION & MAINTENANCE/
HOISTING - STANDARD PROCEDURE).
(2) Remove rear tire and wheel assembly.
(3) Remove rear brake drum from the rear wheel
of the vehicle requiring service to the rear park
brake cable.
(4) Create slack in rear park brake cables by lock-
ing out the automatic adjuster as described here.
Grasp an exposed section of front park brake cable
near the equalizer and pull down on it. Then install
a pair of locking pliers on the cable just rearward of
the second body outrigger bracket (Fig. 117).
Fig. 117 Locked Out Park Brake Automatic Adjuster
1 - PARK BRAKE CABLE
2 - REAR BODY OUTRIGGER BRACKET
3 - LOCKING PLIERS
(5) Disconnect the left rear parking brake cable
from the parking brake cable equalizer (Fig. 118).
Fig. 118 Parking Brake Cables At Equalizer
1 - EQUALIZER
2 - LEFT REAR PARKING BRAKE CABLE
3 - LOCKING NUT
4 - INTERMEDIATE PARKING BRAKE CABLE
5 - FRONT PARKING BRAKE CABLE
(6) To remove parking brake cable housing from
the body bracket, slide a 14 mm box end wrench over
retainer end compressing the three fingers (Fig. 119).
Alternate method is to use an aircraft type hose
clamp.
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