Fig. 9.7. Removing the rear parking brake cables: 1 – front parking brake cable; 2 – equalizer; 3 – adjusting nut; 4 – rear parking brake drive cables; 5 – bracket for fastening the rear parking brake drive cable casings; 6 – stops for the rear parking brake drive cable casings.
Replace the rear parking brake cables if they are excessively stretched (it is impossible to adjust the parking brake) and there is mechanical damage to the cable cores or their sheaths.
You will need: 13 and 17 mm wrenches, pliers, and a flat-blade screwdriver.
1. Place the vehicle on a lift or inspection pit. If you are working on an inspection pit, lift the rear of the vehicle and place it on reliable supports.
2. Remove the rear wheels.
3. Disconnect the intake pipe of the additional muffler from the exhaust pipe (see Removal and installation of main and additional mufflers), remove the muffler suspension cushions from the brackets and lower the muffler down, resting the intermediate pipe on the rear suspension crossmember.
4. Remove the additional muffler heat shield (see Removing and installing heat shields).
5. Completely loosen the tension of the parking brake drive cables by unscrewing the adjusting nut 3 (Fig. 9.7) to the very end of the threaded end of the front cable, but do not unscrew it completely (see Adjusting the Parking Brake Drive).
6. Pulling cables 4 forward, remove their ends from the slots of equalizer 2.
7. Using pliers, squeeze the clamps of the front stops of the rear cable casings..
8….remove the stops from the bracket on the body.
NOTE: Please note that the cables are installed in the bracket in a cross pattern (the right rear cable is installed in the left hole of the bracket, and the left rear cable is installed in the right hole).
9. Using fine-nose pliers, grasp the rear parking brake cable end…
10….and remove it from the slot of the release lever.
11. Remove the end of the parking brake cable sheath from the hole in the bracket on the caliper by squeezing the end clips and disconnect the cable from the caliper.
12. Remove the intermediate pipe heat shield (see Removing and installing heat shields).
13. Remove the protective covers of the parking brake pipes and cables by unscrewing the bolts securing them to the base of the body.
14. Remove the rear cable holders from the holes on the rear suspension trailing arms.
15. Remove the rear parking brake cable sheaths from the holders on the base crossmember and remove the cables from the vehicle.
16. Install the rear parking brake cables and all removed parts in the reverse order of removal.
17. Adjust the parking brake drive (see Adjusting the Parking Brake Drive).
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