Parking Brake System: Adjustments

1. Remove center console, then release the parking brake.
2. Working at the caliper, remove the plug covering the piston adjusting screw. Then loosen the adjusting screw using a 4 mm internal-hex head wrench until the piston moves out against it's stop.
3. Turn the piston adjusting screw all the way in then back the screw out 1/4 to 1/2 turn. Check that the brake disc rotates freely.
4. Install the plug for the adjusting screw, then reconnect the parking brake cable.





5. Insert a feeler gauge between the parking brake caliper lever and it's stop.





Adjust the cable through the adjusting nuts at the console until the feeler gauge falls out.
6. The rest of the adjustment/installation is the reverse of removal.

NOTES:
- While a helper pulls up then releases the handbrake lever in the passenger compartment, check that the caliper lever fully releases. If not, the lever is sticking in the caliper or the lever return spring is damaged. If the lever cannot be made to move freely, the caliper should be replaced.
- Parking brake lever to caliper clearance:
^ 1.0 ± 0.5 mm (0.04 ± 0.02 in).