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Parking Brake Cable: Service and Repair

REMOVAL
1. Remove rear wheels (1) and drums (2).
2. Remove bolt (3) (4) (5).
3. Remove nut (6).
4. Remove nut (7) and retainer (8).
5. Remove rear brake shoe assemblies.





6. Use offset box wrench (13 mm hex.) to compress the locking lugs on the cable, then remove the rear cable (9) from the Backing plate.

INSTALLATION
1. Install rear cable (9).
2. Install retainer (8).
3. Tighten nut (7) to the specified torque.
Torque: 41 Nm (30 ft. lbs.)
4. Tighten nut (6) to the specified torque.
Torque: 15 Nm (11 ft. lbs.)
5. Tighten bolt (5) (4) (3) to the specified torque.
Torque: 6.5 Nm (57 inch lbs.)
6. Install rear drums (2) and wheels (1).