My 2008 Mazda CX-9 service manual includes the following for parking brake inspection:
- Inspect the parking brake stoke when depressed at 180 N { 18.4 kgf, 40.5 lbf }
- Parking brake pedal stoke when depressed at 180 N { 18.4 kgf, 40.5 lbf }
- 1-3 notches
So seems they want to make sure 180 N of force results in the pedal only depressing a few notches.
How does one go about applying specifically 180 N of push force? Some type of trick to this or is a special tool needed for this?