Chevrolet Light Duty Truck 1973 Service Manual page 309

C-K MODELS
G MODELS
PARKING BRAKE CABLES
Refer to Figure 77 for routing of cables.
PARKING BRAKE-PROPELLER SHAFT—
(Internal Expanding)
Removal (Fig. 78)
1. Remove the propeller shaft; see Section 4.
2. Remove the brake drum.
NOTE: It may be necessary to back off the
shoe adjustment before removing the drum.
3. Remove the two pull back springs.
4. Remove the guide plate from anchor pin.
5. Remove shoe hold down cups, springs, and washers
from hold down pins—remove pins.
. Pull brake shoe and lining assemblies away from
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anchor pin and remove the strut and spring.
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Fig. 76-Parking Brake Assembly-Typical
7. Lift the brake shoes and linings with the adjusting
nut and bolt and connecting spring off the flange
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plate.
. Move the shoes toward each other until the
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adjusting bolt and connecting spring drop off.
9. Remove the clip holding the brake lever to the
primary shoe (shoe with short lining).
10. Compress the spring on the brake cable and remove
the cable from the lever.
11. If necessary to remove the anchor pin, straighten
the washer from pin hex and reinforcement.
Remove reinforcement and washer with anchor pin.
12. If necessary to remove the cable, compress tangs on
cable and pull assembly out of the hole in the
flange plate.
13. If necessary to remove the flange plate, remove the
transmission flange nut and transmission output
flange. Remove bolts holding the flange plate to
bearing retainer and remove the flange plate.
BRAKES
POOO (42) MODELS
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P300 (32) MODELS
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