Parking Brake Adjustment
The procedure to set up the handbrake correctly is as follows:
- Slacken the parking brake cable-adjusting nut at the handbrake lever. Wind back the rear brake caliper piston using the special tool. Fit brake pad lining into the caliper. Ensure the pad retention spring is fitted in the piston groove. Fit the caliper over the brake disc and secure it to the bracket.
- With the parking brake lever released, check whether the stop of the control lever makes contact with the grooved pin and the circular section at the end of the cable is correctly located in the caliper support. (Cable support has a torsion lock. With the correct fit, cable twisting is impossible.)
- Adjust the parking brake cable on the adjusting nut at the parking brake lever until the control lever on the calipers lift 1-2 mm from the grooved pin. The measurement between the grooved pin and control lever is carried out using a feeler gauge.
- Slowly and forcefully press the brake pedal several times (One shot adjustment). Forcefully pull parking brake and then release. Check wheels for freedom of movement.