Skoda Workshop Service and Repair Manuals > Octavia Mk2 > Brake systems | Brake, brake mechanics | Brake pedal - Vehicles with right-hand drive | Separating the brake pedal from the brake servo unit and clipping onto brake servo unit

Separating the brake pedal from the brake servo unit and clipping onto brake servo unit

Special tools and workshop equipment required

t	Release tool -T10159A-

Separate:

–	Removing driver side trim panel → Body Work; Rep. gr.70.

For vehicles up to 10.05

–	Unplug connector from brake light switch.

–	Remove brake light switch by turning 45° to the left.

For all vehicles

–	Press the brake pedal towards the brake servo unit and hold it in position.

–	Insert release tool -T10159A- and pull it in the direction of the driver's seat while counterholding the brake pedal (the pedal must not move backwards during this operation). This causes the retaining lugs -3- of the support to be pressed off the spherical head of the push rod -2-.

Fig. shows the separation of the brake pedal from the brake servo unit with the foot controls removed for clarity.

–	Pull the release tool -T10159A- and brake pedal jointly towards the driver's seat. (This causes the brake pedal to be drawn off the ball knob of the pressure rod).

Clipping:

–	Hold the spherical head of the push rod in front of the support and press the brake pedal towards the brake servo unit until the spherical head locks audibly into place.

Further installation occurs in reverse order.

–	Setting the brake light switch → Chapter.

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