Contents: Removal ↓ Installation ↓
The need to replace the parking brake cables arises if the cables, as a result of corrosion, have lost the ability to move in the casing, have stretched out significantly, or have broken threads.
Advice: If it is necessary to replace one of the cables, replace the other cable as well.
Removal
1. Prepare the car for work (see "Preparing the car for maintenance and repair").
2. Remove the brake drums (see "Brake drum - removal and installation").
3. Remove the suspension cushions from the additional muffler (see "Muffler suspension cushions - replacement").
4. Loosen the lock nut of the parking brake lever travel adjusting nut (see "Parking brake - adjustment").
5. With a deep-head socket wrench by 13 mm and using the cardan joint, we unscrew the lock nut and the adjusting nut and remove them from the rod.
6. Remove the cable equalizer from the adjusting rod.
7. Disconnect the cable ends from the equalizer.
8. At the brake mechanism of the left rear wheel, using a large slotted screwdriver, move the spacer lever forward and remove the cable eyelet from the hook of the spacer lever.
9. With a spanner by 10 mm we unscrew the nut of the bracket that attaches the cable to the left arm of the rear suspension.
10. Remove the front end of the cable from the hole in the body bracket.
11. Remove the cable from the two brackets that secure it to the bottom of the body.
12. Remove the cable from the rear suspension beam bracket.
13. We take the cable out of the hole in the support shield of the rear brake mechanism and remove it.
(The original can be seen on the website: VazBook.ru)
14. Remove the second cable in the same way.
Installation
1. Install the cable in reverse order.
2. After installing the brake drums, adjust the stroke of the parking brake lever (see "Parking brake - adjustment").