MOT No. 31
The parking brake action should begin at the third locking slot on the lever.
With the fourth tooth fixed, the rear wheels should be blocked.
If the lever travel is longer than usual, this indicates worn brake pads on the rear wheels or stretched brake cables. This is evidence that the parking brake was heavily tightened with each parking.
Parking brake adjustment is usually only necessary after the brake cable has been replaced.
Brake cable replacement
Raise the car at the rear and secure.
Remove the car from the parking brake.
Remove the heat shield for the exhaust system in the area of the balancing bracket for the parking brake.
Replacing the parking brake cable, shown here in a front wheel drive vehicle with rear disc brakes. Designations:
1 - sheath of the parking brake cable;
2 - spring bracket;
3 - tip of the brake cable.
Parking brake adjustment. By turning the adjusting nut (arrow) on the threaded section of the brake cable, the brake cables are tensioned to the wheels. The illustration shows approximately the middle of the underbody of the vehicle at the level of the rear seat.
To do this, it may be necessary to dismantle part of the exhaust system.
Loosen the adjusting nut on the rocker arm until the cable becomes noticeably slack.
Vehicles with rear drum brakes: Remove the brake drum, remove the brake pads, and remove the rear end of the cable from the parking assist lever.
If your vehicle has disc brakes on the rear wheels, pry up on the spring clip at the end of the cable sheath and remove the brake cable end from the drive arm.
Hang and remove the drive cable from the various fasteners on the rear axle and on the bottom of the vehicle.
When assembling, install the retainer at the front end of the cable drive sheath.
The position of the balance bracket on the parking brake lever is as follows: long side points to the right.
Attaching the parking brake cable to the drum brake actuating lever can be problematic. Therefore, you should move the coil spring on the cable with side cutters and prevent it from slipping by gently pressing the side cutters on the cable. Now hang the cable in the lever.
Models with disc brakes on the rear wheels must be adjusted!
All vehicles require adjustment of the parking brake system.
Adjustment of the parking brake system
Thanks to the automatic adjustment devices available on both drum and disc models, the parking brake system only needs to be adjusted after working on the mechanics of the parking brake system or after replacing the brake pads.
Raise the vehicle and secure.
Models with rear drum brakes: release the parking brake.
Loosen the adjusting nut (top illustration) to the end of the threaded rod.
Press the brake pedal firmly once.
Raise the parking brake lever by the three locking slots.
Tighten the adjusting nut until it is difficult to turn both wheels by hand.
Release the parking brake and check the free play of the wheels.
Models with rear disc brakes: adjust.
Tighten the adjusting nut until both parking brake actuating levers on the brake calipers on the right and left are lifted slightly from the stop.
Loosen the adjusting nut two turns.
To control, press the lever for engaging the parking brake system to the brake calipers on the right and left in turn against the corresponding stop. If the other wheel's caliper arm also moves, the brake cables are too tight.
In this case, loosen the adjusting nut of the brake cables until both levers are close to the stop.
Tighten and release the parking brake again; check the free play of the rear wheels.
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