LEMON Manuals: Even more car manuals for everyone
Home >> Mercedes Benz >> 2004 >> S430 Base >> Repair and Diagnosis >> Brakes >> Mechanical - Hydraulic >> Disc Brakes - 220 Chassis >> Removal & Installation >> Brake Cable (Front, Except S430 4MATIC & S500 4MATIC) >> Removal

Brake Cable (Front, Except S430 4MATIC & S500 4MATIC): Removal

  1. Raise and support vehicle.
  2. Remove rear cross strut at frame floor.
  3. Lower rear exhaust system.
  4. Remove heat shield below drive shaft.
  5. Pretension automatic cable slack adjuster. See step  5 in PARKING BRAKE ADJUSTMENTS under ADJUSTMENTS. Relieve load on cable slack adjuster. Lift center hold down clip (arrow) using a screwdriver so that cable slack adjuster sets itself automatically. See Figure .
  6. Unhook retracting spring (94). See Fig 1 .
  7. Remove brake cable (85) at intermediate lever (91) by unscrewing bolt (93). Bolt brake cable to cable slack adjuster.
  8. Remove instrument panel lower cover. See INSTRUMENT PANEL LOWER COVER  .
  9. Remove accelerator pedal. See ACCELERATOR PEDAL  .
  10. Remove floor covering in driver footwell. See FRONT FLOOR COVERING (LEFT)  .
  11. Remove brake cable from parking brake pedal (75) using snap-release tool (043). See Fig 2 .
  12. Remove lower engine compartment paneling.
  13. Unclip brake cable from retaining clips (85a) in driver footwell, unclip on outside of frame floor and pull out through grommet (85b) at transmission tunnel.
  14. Remove brake cable from frame floor using snap release tool.
Fig 1: Removing & Installing Front Brake Cable
G00321204Courtesy of MERCEDES-BENZ OF NORTH AMERICA.
Fig 2: Identifying Snap Release Tool
G00308886Courtesy of MERCEDES-BENZ OF NORTH AMERICA.