OEM 2009 Toyota Prius Parking Brake Cable

2009 Toyota Prius Parts Questions & Experts Answers

• Q: How to remove the No. 3 parking brake cable assembly on 2009 Toyota Prius?

  A: The complete process to remove the No. 3 parking brake cable assembly starts with reading all precautionary instructions. The technician should first discharge refrigerant from the refrigeration system before disconnecting suction hose sub-assembly and cooler refrigerant liquid pipe E and heater water hoses B and A. After this the technician must remove rear No. 2 floor board with the rear deck floor box and rear No. 3 floor board. Detach the negative battery cable while waiting 90 seconds afterward in order to avoid accidental Air Bag activation. The first operations include removing the instrument panel sub-assembly and then working from front to back to detach the No. 2 and No. 3 steering wheel cover lowers, steering pad assembly, steering wheel assembly, tilt lever bracket, steering column cover, and turn signal switch assembly with spiral cable sub-assembly. Next, remove the front door scuff plates (LH and RH), cowl side trim boards (LH and RH), center instrument cluster finish panel assembly, radio receiver assembly, lower center instrument panel finish panel, glove compartment door lock cover, glove compartment door lock assembly, lower instrument panel finish panel, No. 1 instrument panel under cover sub-assembly, power steering ECU, shift lever assembly, rear No. 3 air duct, No. 3 heater to register duct, No. 1 heater to register duct, No. 2 heater to register duct, defroster nozzle assembly, ECM, hybrid vehicle control ECU, network gateway ECU, No. 1 instrument panel brace sub-assembly, air conditioning amplifier assembly, steering column assembly, and instrument panel reinforcement assembly. The technicians need to dismantle the front seat assembly (LH/RH) along with upper console panel sub-assembly, console box pocket, console box carpet, rear console box sub-assembly, front floor footrest, center Air Bag sensor assembly, yaw rate sensor (w/ VSC), No. 1 console box mounting bracket and parking brake control pedal assembly. Once the parking brake pedal claw is unbent the operator must remove the lock nut and adjusting nut from the No. 1 parking brake cable situated on the parking brake pedal along with disengaging the clip to extract the cable from the parking brake pedal. To proceed with the left-hand side brake caliper replacement: first remove the rear wheel and rear brake drum sub-assembly then separate the parking brake shoe strut set LH before removing the front brake shoe, parking brake shoe strut set LH, rear brake automatic adjust lever LH, rear brake shoe, and rear brake parking brake shoe lever sub-assembly. Following the removal of 2 nuts you can take out the front floor panel brace along with the heat insulator and heated oxygen sensor and front exhaust pipe assembly and the parking brake cable heat insulator. The procedure concludes with removing the No. 3 parking brake cable assembly through backing plate Bolt and No. 3 parking brake cable separation, next remove the assembly bolts and button and cable before disconnecting the No. 3 parking brake cable from the parking brake equalizer.