Audi Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removing and installing handbrake lever with undertray 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). –  Remove floor covers. –  Detach underbody panel (left-side) - approx. 8 bolts. –  Detach inner underbody panel at exhaust pipe. –  Detach exhaust at rear. –  Remove heat shield at rear of fuel tank. –  Detach rear tunnel heat shield. –  Disconnect the handbrake contact switch.

–  Remove bolts, Items 3 and 4. –  Remove handbrake lever downwards.

–  Remove flange nuts -1- (tightening torque 25 Nm). –  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.

–  Insert handbrake cable into compensator (vehicles with front-wheel drive).

–  Insert handbrake cable into compensator (vehicles with four-wheel drive).

–  Tightening torque for hexagon bolt (Item 3): 25 Nm –  Tightening torque for adapter with washer (Item 4): 25 Nm –  Install centre console extension. → Rep. Gr.68 –  Adjust handbrake → Chapter.