Attention. Due to the automatic adjustment of the rear wheel brakes, adjustment of the parking brake is usually not required. However, when replacing the handbrake cables or the rear brake caliper, the parking brake must be adjusted. The foot brake must be bled, and its operation must be flawless.
Fully depress the brake pedal at least once.
Fully release the parking brake lever.
Pull up to remove the ashtray from the rear of the center console.
Paint mark the position of the wheel in relation to the hub. This is necessary to reinstall the wheel in its original position, as a result of which its balance is maintained.
With the vehicle on wheels, loosen the rear wheel bolts.
Raise the rear of the car and secure it on stands, unscrew the bolts and remove the wheels.
If equipped, remove non-reusable plastic parts from the parking brake cable compensator.
Fix the compensator with a size 2 screwdriver (pic. 11.19), so it doesn't turn around. The center console is not shown in the picture only to better represent the main details.
Tighten the parking brake cable in the following sequence:
- Remove retainer 4 (pic. 11.20).
- Turning the adjusting nut 1, tighten it until it stops, while the groove for the latch should be blocked.
- Move the parking brake cable sheaths 2 and 3 (pic. 11.20) towards each other.
Turn adjusting nut 1 (pic. 11.20) in the opposite direction until the groove for the latch appears.
Install the retainer.
Simultaneously pulling in different directions, stretch the sheaths of the parking brake cable 2 and 3 (pic. 11.20) on both parking brake cables until the cable is fully tensioned (arrows). When doing this, check that the parking brake lever on the caliper does not move (see fig. 11.22).
Remove the screwdriver from the parking brake cable compensator (see fig. 11.19).
Apply the parking brake several times and release it.
Check that the parking brake cables are properly tensioned. If the cables are properly tensioned, the distance between the parking brake lever and the brake caliper must be less than 1.5 mm (see fig. 11.22).
If it is necessary to re-adjust, unscrew or screw the adjusting sleeve 1 (pic. 11.23), until the distance between the parking brake lever and the caliper is no more than 1.5 mm (see fig. 22).
Attention. Do not fully unscrew the adjusting sleeve 1 (pic. 11.23), the colored O-ring 5 must not show on the edge of the adjusting element sleeve. Otherwise, water and dirt will penetrate into the adjusting element.
Apply a thin layer of lubricant to the shoulder that centered the wheel disc. Install the wheel, aligning the previously applied marks, and secure it with bolts. Lower the vehicle to the ground and tighten the wheel bolts to 120 Nm.
Reinstall the ashtray.
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