OEM Ford Fusion Parking Brake Cable

Ford Fusion Parking Brake Cable Parts Questions & Experts Answers

• Parking Brake Cable
  AE5Z-2A815-D
  Q: How to service and repair the rear parking brake cable on Ford Fusion?

  A: A proper repair or service of the rear parking brake cable starts by taking away the floor console followed by unwinding the parking brake control adjusting nut. The service requires front parking brake cable disconnection from the equalizer followed by hoisting the vehicle into NEUTRAL position. Mount a proper jackstand beneath the Muffler and tailpipe while using it to detach the two isolators connecting the muffler to the vehicle. Twist off the two Catalytic Converter-to-exhaust flexible pipe nuts before separating the exhaust flexible pipe from the catalytic converter while discarding both components and the gasket. Use a new gasket to secure it by tightening the new nuts to 40 Nm (30 lb-ft). Separate the heat shield by uninstalling both the six nuts and two pin-type retainers. Both parking brake cable routing bracket nuts need removal followed by bracket tightening to 9 Nm (80 lb-in) before removing the six parking brake cable routing bracket bolts that should be torqued to 23 Nm (17 lb-ft) when reinstalling. The procedure starts by removing two clips holding the parking brake cable routes before disconnecting the calipers from their cables to finally take out the cables. The installation completion requires following the reverse order of removal while possibly needing to adjust the parking brake cable.