UAZ CARGO, Operation Manual

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3. Lift the motor vehicle with a hoist.
When inspecting the motor vehicle from a pit, do the following:
– put wedges under the front wheels;
– lift the motor vehicle with a jack from any side of the rear
wheels, and put a special stand under the axle shaft housing.
4. Tighten adjusting screw 10 so that the brake drum cannot
be turned by hands.
5. As required, choose the slack of cable 7 and drive air gaps
by turning nuts 5. As required, adjust the tension of drive cable
7 by changing the length of rod 15 or by moving the drive cable
end into the upper position on lever 1.
6. Loosen adjusting screw 10 by 4–6 clicks, so that the drum
revolves freely by hands. If adjusted correctly, the travel of lever
1 should correspond to 3–5 clicks of the lever pawl.
Adjust the length of the drive-line brake drive rod
as follows:
1. Loosen adjusting screw 10 by 4–6 clicks (1/3–1/2 of the
torque), so that the drum revolves freely by hands.
2. Unscrew locknut 16 of adjusting yoke 17, remove the snap
pin and take out the stud, which connects the yoke with drive
lever 18.
3. Match the orifices in the yoke and lever 18 by rotating yoke
17. Choose air gaps in the release mechanism and in the drive by
moving lever end 18 with a orifice and rod 15 to each other.
4. Install the stud, cotter it and tighten the locknut.
If adjusted correctly, the motor vehicle should brake when the
lever pawl is installed into the 4th-6th sector slot from the bottom
(4–6 clicks).
It is forbidden to check the parking brake system while moving.
It should be done only on a slope.