Dodge Durango

 Service Manual

Brakes » Base brake system » Removal and installation
Rear park brake cables

REMOVAL

(1) Raise and support the vehicle.

(2) Remove the rear wheel and tire assemblies.

(3) Loosen tensioner adjuster nut.

(4) Remove the right cable from the tensioner and pull the cable housing through the left cable connector (Fig. 36).

Fig. 36 Cable Connectors

1 - CABLE BRACKET

2 - RIGHT CABLE

3 - LEFT CABLE

4 - TENSIONER CONNECTOR

(5) Remove the left cable connector.

(6) Pull both cables through the cable bracket.

(7) Remove the right cable mounting retainers from the stabilzer bar retainers (Fig. 37) and remove the cable from the differential housing (Fig. 38).

(8) Remove the brake drums.

(9) Disconnect each cable from park brake lever.

(10) Compress tabs on each cable housing retainer at the brake support plate.

(11) Remove the cables from the brake support plates.

INSTALLATION

(1) Push each cable housing through the brake support plate hole until cable housing retainer tabs lock into place.

NOTE: Pull on the cable housing to ensure it is lock into place.

Fig. 37 Stabilzer Bar Retainer

1 - RIGHT CABLE

2 - STABILIZER BAR RETAINER

Fig. 38 Cable Retainers

1 - CABLE RETAINER

2 - RIGHT CABLE

3 - DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING

(2) Pull back on the end of the cable. Then push the cable in to engage the cable in the park brake lever.

NOTE: Pull on the cable end to ensure it is attached it the park brake lever.

(3) Install the brake drums.

(4) Install right cable mounting retainers.

(5) Push the cables housing through the cable bracket (6) Install the left cable onto the cable connector.

(7) Push the right cable housing through the left cable connector and connect the cable to the tensioner.

(8) Install the wheel and tire assemblies.

(9) Perform park brake adjustment procedure.

(10) Remove support and lower the vehicle.

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