Adjust the parking brake on your Ford.
You can adjust the emergency brake cables on your One thousand nine hundred ninety seven Ford F-150 yourself appropriate from your residence garage or driveway. This Testament save you a Journey to the mechanic. When you grounds your F-150 on a downhill slope and the parking brake starts to slip, you be schooled it's chronology to adjust the cables on the parking brake. Using pliers, tighten the equalizer nut about six turns.5. Attach the cable tension gauge to the rear tension cable to measure and set the number of pounds of tension. Set the F-150's tension at Three hundred fifty pounds.
1. Step on the parking brake pedal, pressing it all the way to the floor.
2. Place wheel chocks in front of the front wheels and chocks behind the front wheels.
3. Put the floor jack under the back end of the vehicle and lift it up high enough to slid the jack stands underneath the F150 next to each wheel. Lower the vehicle onto the jack stands.
4. Get under the Ford and find the parking brake cable rod in the center of the vehicle. It is the rod with the cables coming to it. Hold the rod in place with your hand. You just need a couple of tools purchased from your local auto parts retailer to get the job done. Start by parking the vehicle on level ground before making the adjustment.
Instructions
6. Disengage the parking brake and spin the rear wheels to make sure they turn freely.
7. Adjust the parking brake equalizer nut so that it has a clearance of 0.38 mm if you find there is resistance when you spin the wheels.
8. Raise up the truck, remove the jack stands, lower the vehicle to the ground and remove the wheel chocks.
