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Remove and install hand-brake cable, four-wheel drive/disc brake > < Removing and installing brake pads

Octavia Mk1

Setting the hand-brake
Setting the hand-brake
Resetting of the hand-brake is not required after resetting of the rear brake due to automatic resetting of the rear wheel-brake. New adjustment is only necessary when the handbrake cable and brake carrier are replaced or after replacing the brake shoes.
  Note
t  The brake system must be bled and fully operational.
t  Always replace self-locking adjusting nut.
–  Release the hand-brake.
–  Remove ashtray in centre console.
–  Release Phillips head screws.
   
–  Tilt the rear centre console, if necessary remove → Body Work; Rep. gr.68.
1 - Handbrake cable
–  Forcefully actuate the brake pedal once.
  S46-0030
–  Put the hand brake lever in its rest position. Tighten adjusting nut so far that the levers -arrow- rise from the stops on the brake calipers.
  N46-0167
–  Check the distance between the lever and the stop on the left and right brake caliper using feeler gauges.
The distance -a- between the lever and the stop on the left and right brake caliper must not be less than a minimum of 1 mm or exceed a maximum of 3°mm.
–  Pull the handbrake on and release it three times. This will position and set the components.
–  If the hand-brake lever is in its rest position, check whether both wheels rotate freely, if necessary release adjusting nut slightly.
  S46-0086

Remove and install hand-brake cable, four-wheel drive/disc brake > < Removing and installing brake pads