The parking or emergency brake is actuated by a cable that spans between the parking brake handle or pedal and the rear brake drums. Over time, the cable can stretch beyond adjustment, and under sever stress the cable can snap. Replacing the parking brake cable can be done with simple hand tools and is easily within the realm of the average home mechanic.
Instructions
Removal of the Parking Brake Cables
- 1
Lift the vehicle and support with jack stands underneath the frame.
2Remove the rear wheels and tires.
3Remove brake drums by pulling them off the wheel studs.
4Locate the parking-brake adjuster underneath the vehicle. Remove the nuts from the actuating rod, and pull the brake cables off the adjuster.
5At the brake drum, disengage the parking-brake cable from the brake shoe.
6Remove the retainer that secures the parking-brake cable to the brake drum backing plate.
7Disengage the brake cables from the retainers on the frame, and remove the cable from the vehicle.
Installation of Parking Brake Cables
- 8
Slide the new parking brake cable through the drum backing plate, and reinstall the retainer.
9Connect the parking brake to the brake shoe.
10Reinstall the rear break drums.
11Thread the parking brake cables through the retainers on the frame.
12Install the brake cables to the parking-brake adjusting rod, and reinstall the retaining nuts.
13Reinstall the rear wheels and tires.
14Lower the vehicle.
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