Check and adjustment
Pull the parking brake lever and check that full engagement occurs between 7 and 9 clicks.
Start the engine, press the brake pedal two or three times and stop the engine.
Pic. 10.15. Parking brake lever stroke adjustment
Remove the parking brake cover and use a screwdriver to turn the adjusting nut until the lever travel is within the required limits (pic. 10.15). The parking brake warning light in the instrument cluster should come on after tightening the lever one click.
Release the parking brake lever and make sure the rear brakes do not slow down the vehicle.
Removal and installation of the parking brake assembly
Remove the parking brake cover.
Pic. 10.16. Elements of the parking brake assembly: 1 - screw; 2 - adjusting nut; 3 - handle; 4 - button; 5 - return spring; 6 - parking brake assembly; 7 - screw; 8 – a socket of the switch of a control lamp of a parking brake; 9 - bolts
Disconnect the connector from the parking brake warning light switch (pic. 10.16).Remove the adjusting nut.
Turn out bolts, disconnect a parking brake, a cable and lift assembly of the lever for its extraction from the car.
Inspect the gear sector and ratchet pawl for damage to the teeth and check the elasticity of the return spring. Replace damaged elements with new ones.
Before installation, lubricate the gear sector and ratchet teeth with white lithium-based lubricant.
Installation is carried out in the reverse order of removal.
Adjust the parking brake.
Removal and installation of a drive of a parking brake
Rear cable
Raise the rear of the vehicle and secure it on stands.
Remove the cable clamp.
Remove the brake shoe assembly and disconnect the cable from the brake shoe drive lever.
Pic. 10.17. Rear parking brake cable: 1 - bracket; 2 - bolt; 3 - adjusting nut; 4 – a back cable of a parking brake; 5 - cable connector with brake shoe drive lever
Turn out bolts and an adjusting nut, remove a back cable of a parking brake from the car (pic. 10.17).
Installation is carried out in the reverse order of removal.
Apply a white lithium-based lubricant to the cable o-ring prior to installation. Once installed, turn the adjusting nut until the compensator is at a 90°angle to the front parking brake cable.
Adjust the parking brake lever if necessary.
Front cable
Remove the parking brake lever cover. Loosen and remove the adjusting nut.
Raise the rear of the vehicle and secure it on stands.
Remove the front cable from under the vehicle while disconnecting the rear cable from the compensator.
Installation is carried out in the reverse order of removal.
Adjust the parking brake lever if necessary.