Replacing handbrake cables (Audi A4 B6)

1. Place the car on jack stands so that you can work underneath it. To make it easier to access the rear calipers, remove the rear wheels, but this is not necessary.

2. Remove the covers and plugs, as well as the extension of the center console. Unhook the exhaust system at the rear. In a car with all-wheel drive, you need to remove the heat shield behind the fuel tank, as well as the rear shield that runs above and below the propeller shaft.

3. Remove the lock washer and unhook the handbrake cable from the brake caliper (see the illustration in the section "Removing and installing the brake linings for the rear wheel brakes"). Make sure that the boots are not damaged when unhook and hook the cable.

4. In a front-wheel drive vehicle, detach brake pipe 1 from holder 2.



5. After this, you can detach the handbrake cable 1 from the holder on the fuel tank 2.

6. Removing cable 1 in all-wheel drive vehicles takes a little longer. Below are shown holders 2 and 4, as well as fastening nuts 3.





7. To be able to attach new cables, it is necessary to remove the handbrake lever and move the mechanism back.



8. To do this, use a screwdriver to release the handbrake handle. Then unscrew the two hexagon-head screws 2 and remove the bracket 1.



9. Insert a screwdriver into the release hole and push it towards the middle adjustment. While slowly moving the handbrake lever, continue to press the screwdriver. Make sure that the cable eyes do not slip off the hooks.

10. Remove the screwdriver and remove the cables.

11. When installing, which is done in the reverse order, first attach the cables to the equalizer lever. In front-wheel drive vehicles, cable 1 should be located under cable 2. In all-wheel drive vehicles, the handbrake cables run parallel.







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