Parking Brake

PARKING BRAKE

The parking brake system is operated by a foot operated parking brake lever. The parking brake lever is mounted on the body of the vehicle to the left of the brake pedal (Figure 1). It is a automatic-adjusting type lever.





Figure 1 Parking Brake Lever (Pedal)







Vehicles without Fold-in-floor seating have four flexible steel parking brake cables. They are:

- Front
- Intermediate
- Left rear
- Right rear

Vehicles with Fold-in-floor seating have three flexible steel parking brake cables. They are:

- Front
- Left rear
- Right rear

The front parking brake cable extends from the parking brake lever. A steel equalizer bracket connects the front parking brake cable to the left rear and intermediate cables on vehicles without Fold-in-floor seating. The equalizer bracket connects the front parking brake cable to the left rear and right rear cables on vehicles with Fold-in-floor seating. The intermediate cable is connected to the right rear cable on vehicles without Fold-in-floor seating. A standard cable connector is used to accomplish this connection.


On vehicles equipped with rear drum brakes, the rear service brakes also act as the vehicle's parking brakes.


Vehicles equipped with rear disc brakes use a small duo-servo brake assembly mounted to the each rear disc brake caliper adapter as the parking brake. The inside of the brake rotor (hat section of drum-in-hat style brake rotor) is used as the parking brake drum.