Removing
- place the car on a lift or raise the rear of the car and place supports under the body;
- turn off the parking brake (push the lever down);
Figure 7.28. Brake Lever: 1 – lining of the lever; 2 – a plastic overlay of the lever; the arrows show the mounting bolts of the lining
- unscrew the two screws securing the plastic cover of the lever (Figure 7.28);
Figure 7.29. Parking brake adjusting nut: X=20.0 mm
- unscrew the nut (Figure 7.29) adjusting the parking brake, having previously measured the dimension X (should be about 20 mm), to loosen the cable tension;
Figure 7.30. Bolts of fastening of a heat-insulating shield
- remove the heat shield under the car by unscrewing the four bolts (Figure 7.30);
Figure 7.31. Parking brake cable equalizer (arrow)
- release both cables in the equalizer area (Figure 7.31);
Figure 7.32. nuts (1) fastening of the lever of a drive of a parking brake (the arrow shows the contact connector of the control lamp for turning on the parking brake)
- in the passenger compartment, unscrew the two nuts securing the parking brake lever and disconnect the connector of the parking brake warning lamp switch (Figure 7.32);
- Remove the parking brake lever.
Installation
1. Installation is carried out in the reverse order.
2. Set the distance X of the cable adjuster to 20 mm.
3. If necessary, adjust the travel of the parking brake lever.
4. Install the heat shield correctly.