Installing Parking-Brake Lever
- Install parking-brake lever -1- . Use new fastening nuts -4- and tighten them to 23 Nm (17 ftlb.).
- Engage brake cable -5- . Connect plug to switch -3- .
- Remove lock pin on mounting saddle if necessary (only fitted on new parking-brake levers/used to prevent automatic readjustment of the parking-brake cable).
- Tighten and loosen the parking-brake lever a number of times (due to automatic readjustment of the parking-brake cable). Then check the free play of the parking-brake lever. If there is too much free play, adjust the parking-brake shoes.
Check the free play of the parking-brake lever (permissible value) and adjustment specification of the parking brake shoes, see → 468316 ADJUSTING THE PARKING-BRAKE SHOES .