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Adjusting Parking Brake Wire

Fig 1: Adjusting Cable Nut
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First tighten the wire's adjusting nut until 7 mm of the screw's end protrudes from the nut.

Then tighten the adjustment's nut until light friction is obtained in the parking brake with the lever in resting position.

NOTE:

For earlier version cars with adjusting nut M6 it may be necessary to adjust the nut downward slightly more than the later version with M8 nut.

Adjust and pull the lever five times to at least five notches during the adjustment.

Check that the parking brake is lightly applied when the wheels are rotated and the lever is in resting position.

When light application position has been found on one of the wheels, screw back the adjusting nut one revolution and pull the parking brake's lever five times to at least five notches at every parking brake application.

Check with the parking brake's lever in resting position and that there is no friction from the parking brake by rotating the wheels.

If there is friction, loosen the nut more and apply the brake five times with the lever according to the above, check again.

Install the lever's gaiter.