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Octavia Mk1

Removing and installing hand-brake cable (disc brake)
Removing and installing hand-brake cable (disc brake)
Removing
–  Remove rear centre console → Body Work; Rep. gr.68.
–  Release the hand-brake.
   
–  Release the adjusting nut -1- so far until the hand-brake cable can be unhooked from the compensating clamp -2-.
–  Raise vehicle.
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–  Lift off the clip -1- with a screwdriver and pull down to remove.
–  Press the hand-brake lever -2- in the -direction of the arrow- and while doing so unhook the hand-brake cable -3-.
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–  Unclip hand-brake cable from the clip on the rear axle body -arrow A- and unhook from the brackets -arrows-.
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–  Pull hand-brake cable -2- in -the direction of the arrow- out of the guide tube -1-.
Install
Installation is carried out in the reverse order.
  Note
t  When installing the hand brake cables, pay attention to the correct fitting position → Chapter.
t  Before setting the hand-brake, pretension the hand-brake cable with the adjusting nut at the compensation clamp.
t  Setting the hand-brake → Chapter.
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Handbrake lever - Summary of components > < Removing and installing hand-brake cable (drum brake)