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Setting the hand-brake - disc brake > < Setting the hand-brake

Fabia Mk2

Setting the hand-brake - drum brake
Setting the hand-brake - drum brake
  Note
t  Resetting of the hand-brake is not required after resetting of the rear brake due to automatic resetting of the rear wheel-brake.
t  Resetting is required after replacing the hand-brake cable, the brake carrier or the brake pads/brake shoes or brake drum.
–  Remove storage compartment or arm rest → Body Work; Rep. gr.68.
–  Release hand-brake (hand brake lever in rest position).
–  Forcefully apply the foot brake repeatedly.
–  Pull the handbrake on and release it three times.
   This sets the components into position.
–  Put the hand-brake lever into the 1st catch position (after being in the release position).
   
–  Tighten adjusting nut -arrow- until both wheels are hard to turn by hand.
  Note
The adjusting nut -arrow A- must be screwed over the end of the tension rod (self-locking effect).
–  Release hand-brake and check whether both wheels rotate freely, if necessary release adjusting nut slightly.
–  Put the hand-brake lever into the 4th catch position (after being in the release position).
   No wheel should be rotatable; tighten the adjusting nut if necessary.
–  Release hand-brake and check whether both wheels rotate freely, if necessary release adjusting nut slightly.
–  Put the hand-brake lever into the 1st catch position and release the hand-brake.
   The hand-brake must automatically return into the release position below the 1st catch.
–  Install storage compartment or arm rest → Body Work; Rep. gr.68.
  S46-0096

Setting the hand-brake - disc brake > < Setting the hand-brake