Kia Forte: Parking Brake Adjustment
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| 1. |
Remove the floor console to reach the adjusting nut.
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| 2. |
Loosen the parking brake cable until both operating levers rest
in fully off position.
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| 3. |
Bring the brake pads in their operating position by pressing the
brake pedal down several times until there is resistance.
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| 4. |
Tension the parking brake cable by tightening the adjusting nut,
until the operating levers on both calipers lift from the stop, up to
a distance of (A) and (D) between operating lever (B) and stopper (C).
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| 5. |
Refit the floor console.
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| 6. |
Parking brake lever in the car must be in fully loosened position.
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| 7. |
If the handbrake cables where changed, actuate the parking brake
a few times with maximum force to stretch the parking brake cables,
and then control adjusting as above.
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| 8. |
Check the wheels of their free operation.
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| 9. |
Test drive.
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