Parking Brake System: Description and Operation

DESCRIPTION





The parking brakes consist of the following components:

- Hand-operated park brake lever (3)

- Parking brake cables (one each side) (1)

- Actuation levers and struts

- Duo-servo parking brake assembly

All vehicles are equipped with a center-mounted, hand-operated parking brake lever mounted between the front seats. A bent nail tensioner is built into the equalizer mounted on the end of the lever's output cable.

There is an individual parking brake cable for each rear wheel that joins a parking brake cable equalizer, attached to the parking brake lever, to the rear parking brakes. The parking brake cables are made of flexible steel cable.





The parking brakes consist of a small duo-servo brake assembly mounted to the disc brake caliper adapter including two shoes, an actuating lever and strut, as well as the attaching springs and clips.

The hat (center) section (2) of each rear disc brake rotor (1) serves as the braking surface (drum) for the parking brakes.