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Basic Setting

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  1. Lift out dust cover.
  2. Using special tool 34 1 030, release lock nuts and completely loosen Bowden cables. See Fig 1.
  3. Completely remove one wheel stud on each wheel.
  4. Rotate wheel until open hole is located at bottom.
  5. Insert screwdriver into rotor inspection hole and turn adjusting screw until it is no longer possible to turn wheel. See Fig 2.
  6. Back off adjusting screw 12 notches.
Fig 1: Loosening Parking Brake Bowden Cables
G00103366Courtesy of BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Fig 2: Turning Adjusting Screw
G00103288Courtesy of BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.