Transmission Mounted

Parking Brake Adjustment:

Field Adjustment, Foot-Actuated Lever


Use this adjustment to correct excessive parking brake control travel.


1. Place the transmission in neutral and release the parking brake.

2. Raise and support the vehicle.

3. NOTE: Apply a lubricant such as Ford Penetrating Lubricant E8AZ-19A501-B or equivalent to the jam nut, threaded rod and the clevis to ease adjustment.

Loosen the jam nut several turns.

4. Remove the self-locking pin and the clevis pin from the adjusting clevis.

5. Hold actuating lever in applied position.

6. Screw clevis onto threaded end of the front parking brake cable and conduit until actuating lever hole and clevis holes line up.

7. Lengthen the front parking brake cable and conduit approximately 13 mm (0.5 inch).

8. Position clevis over actuating lever. Install clevis pin and self-locking pin.

9. Rotate driveshaft to make sure parking brake shoes are not dragging against parking brake drum.

10. Tighten the jam nut to 19-27 Nm (14-20 lb-ft).

11. Lower the vehicle.

12. Test the parking brake operation.