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CABLES - PARKING BRAKE (Continued)
Fig. 119 Parking Brake Cable Removal From Body
1 - LEFT REAR PARK BRAKE CABLE
2 - BODY BRACKET
3 - LEAF SPRING MOUNTING BRACKET
4 - CABLE RETAINER
5 - 14MM BOX WRENCH
(7) Remove the brake shoes from the brake sup-
port plate. (Refer to 5 - BRAKES/HYDRAULIC/ME-
CHANICAL/BRAKE PADS/SHOES - REMOVAL).
(8) Disconnect parking brake cable from parking
brake actuator lever.
(9) Remove the parking brake cable housing
retainer from the brake support plate using a 14mm
wrench to compress the retaining fingers (Fig. 120).
Fig. 120 Removing Parking Brake Cable From Brake
Support Plate
1 - PARK BRAKE CABLE RETAINER
2 - PARK BRAKE CABLE
3 - 14MM BOX WRENCH
4 - BRAKE SUPPORT PLATE
Bracket
INSTALLATION
INSTALLATION - PARKING BRAKE CABLE
(FRONT)
(1) Pass front parking brake cable assembly
through hole in floor pan from the inside of the vehi-
cle.
(2) Pass cable strand button through the hole in
the lever (pedal) assembly bracket.
(3) Install cable retainer onto the park brake cable
and then install cable retainer into pedal assembly
bracket.
(4) Install the end of the park brake cable into the
retainer previously installed into the park brake
pedal bracket.
(5) Install cable strand button into the clevis on
the park brake pedal mechanism.
(6) Install the front park brake cable floor pan seal
into hole in floor pan. Seal is to be installed so the
flange on the seal is flush with the floor pan (Fig.
110). Fold carpeting back down on floor.
(7) Raise vehicle.
(8) Insert brake cable and housing into body out-
rigger bracket making certain that housing retainer
fingers lock the housing firmly into place (Fig. 109).
(9) Manually reset the automatic self-adjusting
mechanism tension of the parking brake lever (pedal)
assembly. (Refer to 5 - BRAKES - STANDARD PRO-
CEDURE).
(10) Assemble the park brake cables onto the park
brake cable equalizer (Fig. 108).
(11) Lower vehicle and apply the park brake pedal
1 time. This will seat the parking brake cables.
INSTALLATION - PARKING BRAKE CABLE
(INTERMEDIATE)
(1) Install the ends of the park brake cables
through the frame rails and into the side brackets.
(2) Install the locking nuts at each end of the cable
and securely tighten (Fig. 111) (Fig. 112).
(3) If the vehicle is a short-wheel-base model, it
will be necessary to reinstall the fuel tank to its nor-
mal mounting position. (Refer to 14 - FUEL SYS-
TEM/FUEL
DELIVERY/FUEL
INSTALLATION).
(4) Install the intermediate parking brake cable on
the cable connector at the right rear parking brake
cable (Fig. 112).
(5) Install the intermediate park brake cable on
the cable equalizer (Fig. 111).
(6) Remove the locking pliers from the front park
brake cable. This will activate the automatic adjuster
and correctly adjust the parking brake cables.
BRAKES - BASE
5 - 71
TANK
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