Parking Brake Cable: Service and Repair

Parking brake cables for disc brakes - front wheel drive, removing and installing

Removing
- Remove center console extension.
- Release parking brake.





- Loosen adjustment nut (arrow) until the parking brake cable can be unhooked from the compensator.
- Raise vehicle.





- Remove clip -1-.
- Press brake lever -2- in direction of arrow and unhook brake cable -3-.





- Unclip parking brake cable from retainer on rear axle (arrow -A-) and unhook from retainers (arrows).





- Pull parking brake cable out from guide tube -1- in direction of arrow.

Installing
- Slide parking brake cable into guide tube.





- Press brake lever -2- in direction of arrow and attach parking brake cable.
- Install clip -1-.





- Clip parking brake cable into retainer on rear axle (arrow -A-).
- Parking brake cable clamping ring must lie in the middle of the clip. Hook parking brake cable into retainers (arrows).
- Hook parking brake cable into compensator.





- Pretension parking brake cable with adjustment nut (arrow).
- Adjust parking brake.
- Install center console extension.