Range Rover (LH) V8-3.5L (1987)
Parking Brake Cable: Service and Repair
REMOVE
1. Set the vehicle on a level surface and chock the road wheels and select P in the main gearbox.
2. Disconnect the battery negative terminal and release the parking brake.
From Inside The Vehicle
3. Remove the four screws securing the liner in the glove box.
4. Lift out the liner to gain access to the bottom of the parking brake pivot bracket,
5. Remove the cotter pin and clevis pin from the parking brake lever.
6. Release the nut securing the parking brake outer cable to the top of the parking brake mounting bracket. Slide the nut up the cable and push the
inner and outer cable through the floor panel to the underside of the vehicle.
From Underneath The Vehicle
7. Remove the cotter pin, plain washer and clevis pin securing the adjustment link to the brake drum actuating lever.
8. Release the locknuts securing the parking brake outer cable to the retaining bracket.
9. Release the outer cable from the P clamp located on top of the transfer gearbox, and withdraw the cable assembly from the vehicle.
Fit New Cable
10. Feed the parking brake cable assembly through the floor opening and secure the outer cable in position with the retaining nut.
11. Secure the cable to the parking brake lever, using a new cotter pin.
12. Secure the outer cable into the P clamp.
13. Position the outer cable into the retaining bracket bolted to the side of the transfer gearbox and loosely secure in position with the two outer cable
lock nuts.
14. Reconnect the outer cable to the brake drum actuating lever. Fit the clevis pin, plain washer and new cotter pin.
15. Rotate the brake drum adjuster clockwise until the brake shoes are fully expanded against the drum.
16. Tighten the two brake cable outer lock nuts to secure the cable to its mounting bracket.
17. Apply the parking brake and loosen the brake drum adjuster until the parking brake lever fully operates the brake shoes on the second or third