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PARKING BRAKES
SPECIFICATIONS
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
Parking brake lever type
Cable arrangement
SERVICE SPECIFICATION
Items
Standard value
Parking brake lever stroke
TROUBLESHOOTING
Symptom
Poor parking brake
Worn brake pad
function
Auto-adjuster malfunction
Excessive parking brake lever stroke
Specifications
Mechanical brake acting on rear wheels
Lever type
V-type
Specifications
5-7 notches
Probable cause
Poor condition of brake pad surface
Parking brake cable sticking
SERVICE ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURES
PARKING BRAKE LEVER STROKE CHECK
1. Pull the parking brake lever with a force of approx. 200 N
(45 Ibs.), and count the number of notches.
Caution
The 200 N (45 Ibs.) force of the parking brake lever must
be strictly observed.
Standard value: 5-7 notches
2.
If the parking brake lever stroke is not the standard value,
adjust as described below.
(1) Remove the carpet in the floor console.
(2) Loosen the adjusting nut to the end of the cable rod,
(3) With the engine idling, firmly depress the brake pedal
TSB Revision
Remedy
Replace
Adjust
Adjust the parking brake lever
stroke or check the parking
brake cable arrangement
thus freeing the parking brake cable.
five or six times and confirm that the pedal stroke stops
changing.
NOTE
If the pedal stroke stops changing, it indicates that the
automatic adjusting mechanism has functioned proper-
ly to adjust the clearance b&ween'the pads and the
disc to the correct value.
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