OEM Dodge Caliber Parking Brake Cable

Dodge Caliber Parking Brake Cable Parts and Q&A

• Rear Cable
  4877016AC
  Q: How is the Parking Brake Cable Installed on Dodge Caliber?

  A:

  To mount the parking brake cable, bend it down and put it through the hole under the floor pan while making sure the seal grommet is properly fitted. With the clamp, cover the stud under the fuel tank strap and add the nut securely. Attach the cable to your body by feeding it through the cable routing clamp and screwing it in place. Insert the parking brake cable through the hole in the trailing link and support plate and fasten its other end to the brake support plate with a hair pin. Replace the Parking Brake Shoes and parts, fit the tire and wheel assembly in place and tighten the mounting nuts to 135 Nm. Drop the car and secure the tires and wheels so they can't move just in case you release the parking brake lever. Make sure the seal grommet goes fully into the floor pan and next, carry the parking brake cable beneath the carpeting to the retaining bracket, locking it securely. The new parking brake cable equalizer needs to be put in and this calls for the integrated bent nail tensioner to be adjusted for the correct pressure. Get rid of the old equalizer and link the new one to the end of the parking brake lever cable, then attach the rear parking brake cables correctly to the equalizer. Once the adjustment nut is tightened, pull the parking brake lever completely, adjust the cable tension with the nut while the lever is released and make sure 31 millimeters of thread appear. Pull the lever once more and make sure the rear wheels spin smoothly without being dragged. After that, leave the parking brake on so the wheels don't rotate. Return the lever to its original position to test that the wheels can spin freely, apply the parking brake once more, drop the vehicle, refit the center console, remove the support blocks from your tires and link the negative Battery Cable again.
• Rear Cable
  4877017AC
  Q: How to Safely Remove a Parking Brake Cable on Dodge Caliber?

  A:

  The process starts with removing the battery negative cable from the post. Use the parking brake as soon as you stop your car to hold it until you are ready to drive off. After removing the center console, unclip the parking brake and let it lower. Turn the adjusting nut on the output cable of the lever to decrease pressure on the parking brake cables. Take the parking brake cables off the parking brake cable equalizer. Lift out the back Seat Cushion and flip the rear carpet forward so you can find the parking brake cables underneath. Apply a 1/2 inch (13 mm) wrench to the retainer for either the left or right parking brake cable, pull the wrench to squeeze the fingers and take the cable housing straight out of the bracket. Before you remove the hub from the car, raise it and remove the nuts from the wheel mounting as well as the tire and wheel assembly. Bring out and take off the Parking Brake Shoes. With the hair pin gone, pull the parking brake cable from its position on the support plate and through the trailing link. Open up the screw holding the cable routing clamp on the body and remove the nut fixing it on the strap before the fuel tank. The last step is to release the parking brake cable held by the sealing grommet through the hole in the vehicle's floor pan.