Audi Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removing

• ‒ Release handbrake.
• ‒ Take rear ashtray out of centre console.
• ‒ → Slacken off adjusting nut -arrow- until handbrake cable can be disengaged from compensator.

Note:

Centre console has been removed in Fig.

• ‒ → Prise off locking element -1- for handbrake cable.
• ‒ Press brake lever -2- in direction of arrow and disengage handbrake cable -3-.

• ‒ → Remove rubber grommet -arrow A- from trailing arm.
• ‒ Disengage handbrake cable from mount -arrow- and pull out of trailing arm in direction of arrow.

• ‒ → Pull handbrake cable in direction of arrow out of guide tube -1-.

Installing

Install in reverse order, paying attention to the following:

• ‒ Slide handbrake cable into guide tube.
• ‒ → Press brake lever -2- in direction of arrow and engage handbrake cable -3-.
• ‒ Press on locking element -1- for handbrake cable.

• ‒ → Install rubber grommet -arrow A- in trailing arm.
• ‒ Engage handbrake cable in mount -arrow-.

• ‒ Engage handbrake cable in compensator.
• ‒ → Pre-tension handbrake cable with adjusting nut -arrow-.
• ‒ Adjust handbrake .