Maverick and Comet Repair
BRAKES - PARKING BRAKE CABLE REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
- Remove the hairpin clip and clevis pin securing the cable pulley to the control handle assembly and remove the pulley.
- Disengage the locking pawl and slide the control rod forward. Remove the cable ball from the slot in the control rod.
- Remove the hairpin retainer from the dash panel bracket and disengage the cable from its bracket.
- Pull the cable and insulator tube down through the hole in the dash panel. Remove the insulator tube from the cable.
- Raise the car on a hoist. If a hoist is not available, a floor jack may be used, but jack stands must be placed beneath the lower control arms and rear axle housing.
- Remove the retaining screw and clip from the cable on the chassis side rail.
- Disengage the cable stepped rod from the equalizer lever.
- Remove the hairpin retainer from the cable housing at the crossmember.
- Pull the cable forward through the crossmember and remove it from the car.
- To install, pass the stepped rod rearward through the crossmember and connect it into the equalizer lever.
- Install the hairpin retainer on the cable housing at the crossmember.
- Install the cable housing retainer clip on the cable and install the retainer screw on the chassis side rail.
- Install the insulator tube onto the upper end of the cable, and push the cable and insulator up through the hole in the dash panel.
- Engage the upper end of the cable housing in the dash panel bracket, and install the hairpin retainer.
- Connect the cable ball to the control rod.
- Assemble the pulley to the control assembly and install the clevis pin and hairpin retainer.
- Lower the car. Check the operation of the parking brake. Adjust as necessary as outlined under "Parking Brake Adjustment."