Parking Brake Pedal: Service and Repair

REMOVE
1. Disconnect negative (ground) cable from the battery and isolate cable from battery terminal.
2. Remove sill scuff plate from left door sill.
3. Remove the left side kick panel.
4. Remove the steering column cover from the lower instrument panel.
5. Remove the reinforcement from the lower instrument panel.

Locking Out Automatic Adjuster:

6. Lock out front park brake cable using the following procedure. Grasp the exposed section of the front park brake cable and pull rearward on it. While holding the park brake in this position, install a pair of locking pliers on the front park brake cable just rearward of the second body outrigger bracket.
7. Remove the front park brake cable from the park brake cable equalizer.
8. Remove tension from front park brake cable. Tension is removed by releasing the locking pliers from the front park brake cable.
9. Remove the 3 bolts mounting the wiring junction block to the instrument panel.

NOTE: When removing the lower mounting bolt, push the park brake pedal down 5 clicks to access the lower mounting bolt.

10. Remove the lower bolt mounting the park brake pedal to the body.
11. Remove the forward bolt mounting the park brake pedal to the body.
12. Remove the upper bolt mounting the park brake pedal to the body.

Park Brake Pedal Mounting:

13. Disconnect the electrical connector for the brake light switch.
14. Pull downward on front park brake cable while rotating park brake pedal mechanism out from behind junction block.
15. Remove park brake pedal release cable from park brake mechanism.
16. Remove the ground switch for the red brake warning lamp from the park brake pedal mechanism.
17. Remove front park brake cable button from park brake pedal mechanism. Tap end housing of front park brake cable out of park brake pedal mechanism.

INSTALL
1. Install the ground switch for the red brake warning lamp on the park brake pedal mechanism
2. Install park brake cable end housing into park brake pedal mechanism.
3. Install cable retainer onto the park brake cable strand and then install retainer into pedal bracket.
4. Install cable strand button into the clevis on the park brake pedal mechanism.
5. Install wiring harness connector on red brake warning lamp ground switch.
6. Install the park brake release cable on the release mechanism of the park brake pedal.
7. Position the park brake pedal mechanism into its installed position on the body of the vehicle.
8. Remove the lock-out pin from the park brake pedal release mechanism.
9. Loosely install the top bolt mounting the park brake pedal mechanism to the body.
10. Loosely install the forward bolt mounting the park brake pedal mechanism to the body.
11. Loosely install the lower bolt mounting the park brake pedal mechanism to the body.
12. Tighten pedal mechanism attaching bolts to 28 Nm (250 inch lbs.).
13. Verify that the park brake pedal is in the fully released (full up) position.
14. Raise vehicle.
15. Install the front park brake cable on the park brake cable equalizer.
16. Lower vehicle.
17. Remove the lock-out pin from the automatic cable adjuster on the park brake pedal mechanism.
18. Install the electrical junction block on the instrument panel.
19. Install the reinforcement on the lower instrument panel.
20. Install the steering column cover on the lower instrument panel.
21. Install the left side kick panel.
22. Install the sill scuff plate on the lower sill of the left door.
23. Install the negative (ground) cable oil the battery.
24. Cycle the park brake pedal one time. This will seat the park brake cables and will allow the automatic self adjuster to properly tension the park brake cables.