Q: How to Remove and Install a Parking Brake Cable on 2001 Chrysler Voyager?
A: To remove the forward facing parking brake cable, support the car, release the tension on the automatic self-adjusting mechanism, disconnect the cables that run to the front equalizer and disconnect the left rear cable. Pull the front park cable housing retainer from the body outrigger bracket by pushing down on the retaining fingers with a 14 mm box wrench or use an aircraft type hose clamp and screwdriver to clamp and unscrew the retainer. After dropping the car, open the left front door, remove the sill and kick panel and reach the park brake cable and pedal. Lift the area where the mat connects to the floor and pull the seal and cable through the floor pan. Drop the clevis off the button by pulling the end of the cable housing rearward to release the cable strand, then pull the cable housing end from the pedal bracket and remove the retainer from the parking brake lever assembly bracket to pull the whole cable assembly out of the car. On the intermediate parking brake cable, elongate the vehicle, press the knob to lock out the auto tension adjustment and unattach the cable from its equalizer. Slide out the locking nut on the side of the anode rail and remove the intermediate cable from the right rear parking brake cable after. If the vehicle is a short-wheel-base type, lower the fuel tank to remove the intermediate parking brake cable. Lift the vehicle, take off the back tire and wheel and the rear brake drum to remove the right rear parking brake cable. Lock the automatic adjuster at the rear so that you have extra cable length, then pull the right rear cable away from the middle connector. Grab the right parking brake cable with a 14-mm box end wrench to squish its retaining fingers and separate it from the body. After that, detach the brake shoes from the brake support plate and pull the parking brake cable free from the parking brake actuator lever, leaving the retainer in place. Similar to the right rear park brake, start with the left rear cable, cutting the cable at its end near the parking brake cable, disconnecting it from the equalizer and removing the actuator lever and brake shoes. During installation, feed the front parking brake cable assembly through the hole in the floor, place the cable retainer into the bracket of the pedal assembly and plug the cable strand button into the clevis on the park brake pedal mechanism. First, mount the floor pan seal, then lift the vehicle and fit the brake cable and housing into the bracket. Check that their retainer fingers have locked it in place. Release the automatic tension released by the assembly mechanism and match the park brake cables with the equalizer, lower the vehicle and then use the park brake pedal just once to settle the cables. Fit the middle cable into the frame rails and clip it into the side brackets with two locking nuts and place the fuel tank back onto the car as needed. Hook the end of the intermediate cable to the right rear cable and the equalizer and then take off the locking pliers to operate the automatic adjuster. Connect the right rear cable to the brake support plate, join it to the actuator lever and then link it to the intermediate cable. After that, reinstall the brake drum and wheel using the cable. Install the left rear cable the same way you did the right, checking to be sure everything is locked as you remove the last set of locking pliers.