Handbrake cable on rear brake caliper housing
Hand brake brake on quattro model
- 1 - emphasis;
- 2 - control lever (hand brake lever);
- 3 - hand brake cable nipple;
- 4 - spring clip;
- 5 - hand brake cable sheath.
Rear wheel brake in front wheel drive Audi
- 1 - sheath of the handbrake cable;
- 2 - control lever (hand brake lever);
- 3 - emphasis.
1. The handbrake action must start at the third lever detent.
2. When entering the groove of the fourth tooth, the rear wheels must be blocked.
3. If the lever path is longer, this indicates worn rear brake pads or stretched brake cables, as the handbrake was pulled hard every time it was parked.
4. Normally, handbrake adjustment is only needed when changing the cable.
Replacing the handbrake cable
1. Raise and secure the rear of the vehicle.
2. Release the handbrake.
3. Remove the heat shield of the exhaust system in the area of the handbrake cable guide.
4. To do this, it may be necessary to dismantle part of the exhaust system.
5. Loosen the hand brake cable on the adjusting device, to do this, remove the fixing collar of the adjusting element and screw the adjusting nut until it stops.
6. At the end of the cable sheath on the brake caliper, depress the spring clip and remove the brake cable nipple from the control lever.
7. Only quattro!: Remove the handbrake cable from the guide at rear axle height. Squeeze the guide sleeve to do this.
8. Now remove the cable from the various brackets on the rear axle and on the bottom of the car and remove it.
9. At the height of the handbrake lever under the bottom of the car, press the handbrake cable sheath from the console (use screwdriver).
10. Remove the rear part of the middle console in the cabin (chapter Salon).
11. Take out from a yoke cables on the lever of a manual brake.
12. Pull the brake cables down.
13. Installation of new brake cables: on the handbrake rocker, remove the inserted plastic parts, if any (don't post them again).
14. Use a screwdriver to fix the rocker arm in the middle position.
15. Establish cables of a manual brake from below and hang them on a yoke.
16. Insert the handbrake cable sheath into the console on the bottom of the car (under the handbrake lever) and insert into the groove.
17. Pull the handbrake cable along the bottom of the car and put it on the rear wheel brake control lever.
18. Adjust the handbrake.
Handbrake adjustment
So the hand brake rocker is fixed in the middle position with a screwdriver.
View of the handbrake lever with the middle console dismantled (rear end):
- 1 - rocker;
- 2 - handbrake cable nipples (3).
Thanks to the automatic disc brake adjustment mechanism, the handbrake only needs to be adjusted after changing the cable or brake caliper.
1. Press the brake pedal vigorously at least once.
2. Open the handbrake (handbrake lever down).
3. Remove the rear seat ashtray to expose the reverse side of the handbrake lever (with rocker).
4. Using a screwdriver, fix the rocker arm on the hand brake lever in the middle position.
5. Raise the rear of the vehicle on both sides and secure.
6. Loosen the hand brake cable in the adjusting mechanism, remove the fixing collar of the adjusting mechanism for this and screw the adjusting nut until it stops.
7. Slide the coarse adjustment device in the adjustment mechanism.
8. Now screw in the adjustment nut of the adjustment mechanism until the groove of the fixing collar becomes visible.
9. Reinsert the retaining collar.
10. Evenly stretch the coarse adjustment device on both sheaths of the brake cables in different directions so that the brake cables are taut, but the control lever has not yet risen from the stop on the brake caliper.
11. Take out a screw-driver from a yoke on the lever of a manual brake.
12. Pull the handbrake lever high three times.
13. Check the pretensioning of the handbrake cables again: with the handbrake released, the control levers on the brake calipers must rise from the stops by a maximum of 1.5 mm.
14. If the preload is not the same, then it must be corrected by fine-tuning the adjusting mechanism.
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