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D. PARKING BRAKE ADJUSTMENT
Before parking brake cable slackness adjustment
confirm following conditions:
a. Brake bleeding should be completed
(i.e. there
should not be air trapped in the brake system)
b. Confirm pedal travel by depressing the brake
pedal for few times.
c. Check lining condition of the rear brake.
After confirming all above points start adjusting
the parking brake.
NOTE
At the time of brake adjustment the parking
brake lever must be in OFF condition.
The brake adjustments should be done by
jacking the rear wheels.
The linings should not be allowed to wear
below 1mm of thickness above shoe rim.
1. Place chokes on the front wheels.
2. Jack up the rear axle.
3. Put hand brake lever in released position.
4. Tighten the spherical nut till the distance
between open end of the front cable and
spherical nut is 30 mm.
5. Apply hand brake 9–10 times with normal
force.
6. Ensure that on releasing parking brake lever
both rear wheels are free. (if it is not free loose
the adjustment nut)
7. Now put the lever in 1
st
notch & check the
wheel rotation, if it is free tighten the
adjustment nut till wheel gets locked.
8. Ensure that on releasing parking brake lever
both rear wheels are free.
9. Tighten the lock nut which holds the spherical
adjuster nut.
10.Operate the parking brake few times to ensure
proper operation.
11.Lower the rear axle and remove the chokes
from the rear wheel.
(Note: Incase with 1
st
notch setting, if wheels are
not free in lever released condition make setting
on 2
nd
notch.)