Audi Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removing and installing handbrake lever Removing –  Remove centre console extension. → Rep. Gr.68

–  Release handle -1- with a screwdriver -3- and remove.

–  Remove cover -4- and handle -1-.

–  Unscrew hexagon bolts -2- and remove carrier -1- (tightening torque: 6 Nm). With two cables attached –  Insert screwdriver into release opening. –  Push screwdriver in direction of “centre adjustment”. –  Keep screwdriver in this position and slowly operate the handbrake lever.   Note Make sure that the cable eyelets do not come off the hooks. –  Remove screwdriver. –  Unhook handbrake cables. With one cable attached

–  Release mechanism with a screwdriver -2-, at the same time pressing back the second spring-loaded hook -1- with another screwdriver. –  Remove flange nuts -1- (tightening torque 25 Nm). –  Disconnect the handbrake contact switch.

–  Detach handbrake lever -2- from mounting plate. Resetting the adjustment mechanism –  Clamp one of the spring-loaded hooks in a vice.

–  Release mechanism with a screwdriver -2-, at the same time pressing back the second spring-loaded hook with another screwdriver. Installing –  Installation is carried out in reverse sequence. –  Install centre console extension. → Rep. Gr.68 –  Tighten both nuts -1- hand tight.   Note The rear nut can be accessed through the ashtray opening, and the front one through a cut-out in the bottom of the storage compartment.

–  Align handbrake lever centrally in slot in centre console. –  Tighten nuts, tightening torque: 25 Nm –  Adjust handbrake → Chapter.