Parking Brake Cable: Service and Repair

Parking brake cables
Removing
^ Remove center console extension.
^ Release parking brake.





^ Loosen adjustment nut (arrow) until parking brake cable can be unhooked from compensator.
^ Raise vehicle.





^ Remove clip -1-.
^ Press brake lever -2- in direction of arrow and unhook brake cable -3-.





^ Unclip parking brake cable from retainer on rear axle (arrow -A-) and unhook from additional retainers (arrows).





^ Pull parking brake cable out of guide tube -1- in direction of arrow.

Installing
^ Slide parking brake cable into guide tube.





^ Press brake lever -2- in direction of arrow and attach parking brake cable.
^ Install clip -1-.





^ Clip parking brake cable into retainer on rear axle (arrow -A-).
- Parking brake cable clamp ring must lie in middle of clip.
^ Hook parking brake cable into retainers (arrows).
^ Hook parking brake cable into compensator.





^ Pretension parking brake cable with adjustment nut (arrow).
^ Adjusting parking brake.
^ Install center console extension.