Execution sequence
1. We prepare the car for work (see «Preparing the car for maintenance and repair»).
2. Using a slotted screwdriver, pry off the floor tunnel lining plate and remove it.
- Astra
- Zafira
3. Overcoming the resistance of the plastic clips, lift up the cover of the parking brake lever
- Astra
- Zafira
4. Turning the adjusting nut with a 10 mm socket wrench, we increase or decrease the tension of the parking brake cables, depending on what is needed: to reduce or increase the number of clicks.
Comment. If you cannot adjust the parking brake (more than four clicks), most likely, the parking brake cables are stretched or torn, and they need to be replaced (see «Parking brake cables - replacement»).
5. If the parking brake is adjusted correctly (the number of clicks is normal), hang out the rear wheels and make sure that when the lever is released, the wheels rotate freely and the brake pads do not cling to the brake drums or brake discs, and when the lever is raised, both wheels are locked.
Comment. If the number of clicks is normal, and both or one wheel is not blocked, most likely «soured» parking brake cables, they need to be replaced (see «Parking brake cables - replacement»). In addition, on vehicles with rear disc brakes, «souring» caliper lever. Also on vehicles with rear disc brakes due to «souring» caliper lever, a specific malfunction is possible: when the parking brake lever is released, one or both wheels may remain blocked (see «Brake system - check of technical condition»).
6. We install in place the cover of the lever of the parking brake system drive and the shield of the floor panel cladding.
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