Adjusting the Parking Brake Shoes

Adjusting the parking brake shoes
Includes: Adjusting the parking brake shoes and parking brake cables

Checking the free play of the parking brake lever
The parking brake has asbestos-free brake linings. The parking brake with asbestos-free brake linings must never be adjusted in such a way that the lining must "grind down" during operation.
The parking brake must be adjusted if the parking brake lever can be pulled up by more than 4 teeth with medium force application without a braking effect being apparent.


Adjusting the parking brake
1. Remove the rear wheels.
2. Release the parking brake lever and push back the brake pads of the rear axle until the brake disc can be turned freely.
3. Undo the adjustment nuts on the turnbuckle (arrow) until the cables are without pretension.





Note: To make the turnbuckle accessible, open the cover of the tray behind the parking brake lever and remove the rubber inlay and also the insert.





4. With a screwdriver, adjust the adjustment fixture through a threaded wheel bolt hole until the wheel can no longer be turned. Next, turn back the adjustment fixture through 5 notches again (release approximately 3 notches until the wheel can be turned freely, then release another 2 notches). Repeat the procedure on the other wheel.
5. Pull up the parking brake lever by 2 teeth and turn the adjustment nut of the turnbuckle until both wheels can be turned manually with difficulty.
6. Release the parking brake lever and check whether both wheels can be turned freely.