Ford Thunderbird 1966 - Page 26

PART
2-2
-BRAKE
SYSTEM
2-19
control
cable to the air duct.
Position
the
left kick
pad to the side
panel
and
secure
with
two
attaching
screws.
6.
Raise the
car
on a hoist. Engage
the cable
housing
to the frame bracket
with
a
U-clip
(Fig.
1,
Part
2-1). In
stall the
spring
seat,
cable
spring
and
washer
on
the rear end
of the
cable.
Assemble
the cable to the
equalizer
lever
and
install
the
half-moon type
adjusting
nut on the end
of the cable.
7.
Adjust
the
parking
brake
linkage
as
outlined
in
Part
2-1,
Section
2,
and
then
check the
operation of the
park
ing
brake.
PARKING BRAKE
VACUUM
POWER UNIT
REMOVAL
1. Remove the
parking
brake
control
assembly
from
the car
as
described
under
Removal in the
foregoing
procedure.
2. Drill out
or grind
off the two
rivets
that retain
the
vacuum
power
unit
to
the
parking
brake
control
as
sembly.
3.
Drill out
or grind
off the rivet
that
connects
the
vacuum
piston link
to
the
release
lever,
and
remove the
power
unit.
INSTALLATION
1.
Position
the vacuum
power unit
on the
parking
brake
control
assembly
and
secure
with two round
head
bolts
and
nuts.
2.
Connect
the
vacuum piston link
to
the
release
lever
with a
shoulder
bolt
nut
and
wave
washer. The wave
washer is
to
be
positioned
on the
shoulder bolt
between the
vacuum
pis
ton
link and
the
release lever. The
link
and
release
lever must
pivot
freely.
3.
Install
the
parking
brake
control
assembly
in the
car as
described under
Installation
in
the
foregoing
proce
dure.
4.
Test
the
lock and
automatic
release
operations
of the
parking
brake
control
assembly
with
the
en
gine
running
in
all the
transmission
selector
lever
positions.
With the en
gine
running,
the
parking
brake
should
remain
engaged
in neutral or
park
and
should
release in
any
drive
position.
PARKING
BRAKE
EQUALIZER-
TO-CONTROL
ASSEMBLY
CABLE
REMOVAL
1.
Raise
the car on a hoist
and
dis
connect
the pedal cable
from the
equalizer lever
by
removing
the adjust
ing
nut
(Fig.
1,
Part
2-1). Remove
the cable
washer, spring,
and
spring
seat.
Remove the
U-clip
and
disen
gage
the cable
housing
from the
bracket.
2. Lower the car. In the
passenger
compartment,
remove
the
attaching
screws and the left
kick pad. Remove
the four
screws that
secure the air
duct to the inner
cowl
panel,
and
then
remove the air duct to obtain access
to
the brake control assembly. Re
move
the control cable from the air
duct.
3. Disconnect
the hose from
the
vacuum power unit.
4.
Remove the
control
assembly-to-
mounting
bracket
bolts.
5. Remove the
U-clip
that retains
the cable
housing
to
the
parking
brake
control
housing
(Fig. 18).
6. Remove the hairpin
retainer and
clevis pin from the clevis.
Disengage
the clevis
from the ball
end of the
cable. Remove the control
assembly
from the
cable
and
cable
housing.
7.
Push the
cable
and
housing
down through the
hole
in
the floor
pan
and
remove
it from under
the car.
INSTALLATION
1. From
the
underside
of
the
car,
guide the
upper end of the re
placement
cable into the hole in the
floor pan.
2.
From
the
inside,
pull the new
cable and
housing
up
through
the
hole
in
the floor pan.
3. Position the cable through the
hole
in the
parking
brake control
housing.
Install the
clevis
on
the ball
end of the cable and connect the
clevis
to the
actuating
arm with
the clevis
pin (Fig. 18).
Secure
the
clevis pin
with
the
hairpin retainer.
4. Secure the cable
housing
to the
parking
brake control
housing
with
the U-clip.
5.
Position
the
parking
brake
control
assembly
to
the
mounting
bracket
and
install the three
attaching
bolts.
6.
Connect the
vacuum
hose to the
vacuum
power unit.
7.
Position
the
air
duct
to
the
inner
cowl
panel,
and
secure
with
four
at
taching
screws.
Connect
the
air
duct
control
cable to
the
air
duct.
Position
the left
kick
pad
to
the
side
panel
and
secure
with two
attaching
screws.
8.
Raise
the
car
on a
hoist.
Engage
the
cable
housing
to
the
frame
bracket
with a
U-clip
(Fig.
1,
Part
2-1).
In
stall the
spring
seat,
cable
spring
and
washer
on the
rear end
of
the
cable.
Assemble the
cable to
the
equalizer
lever
and
install the
half-moon
type
adjusting
nut
on the
end
of the
cable.
9. Adjust
the
parking
brake
linkage
as
outlined
in Part
2-1,
Section
2,
and
then check
the
operation
of the
park
ing
brake.
PARKING
BRAKE
EQUALIZER TO
REAR
WHEEL
CABLE
REMOVAL
1.
Raise the
car and
remove
the
wheel
cover. Remove
the
wheel and
tire from
the
drum.
2.
Remove the
three
Tinnerman
nuts
that
secure the
brake
drum,
then
remove the
brake
drum.
3. Loosen
the
adjusting
nut
on
the
equalizer rod and
disengage the
ball
end
of
the cable
from the
equalizer
(Fig.
1,
Part 2-1).
4. Remove
the
U-clip
that
retains
the cable
housing
to
the
frame
bracket.
Disengage the
housing
from
the bracket and
slip
off the
retainer
hook
(Fig. 18).
5.
Working
on
the wheel
side
of
the
carrier plate (Fig.
4),
compress the
prongs on the cable
retainer
so that
they
can pass through
the hole in
the
carrier plate. Draw
the
cable
retainer
out
of the hole.
6.
With the
spring
tension
off
the
parking
brake
lever,
lift the
cable
out
of the
slot in
the lever
and
remove
through the
carrier
plate hole.
INSTALLATION
1. Pull
enough of
the
cable
through
the
housing
so
that
the
end of
the
cable
may
be
inserted
through
the
car
rier
plate
access
hole
from
the
inner
side
and
engaged
with
the
slot in
the
parking
brake
lever.
2.
Pulling
the
excess
slack
from
the
cable,
insert the
cable
housing
into
the
carrier
plate
access
hole
so
that
the
retainer
prongs
expand
.