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Adjusting the parking brake
If the brake pedal is lowered by more than five points (clicks) and thus does not provide sufficient locking adjustment is necessary. Adjustment is carried out by mounting gear brake pad adjustment mechanism. Brake pads are inside the parking brake, brake drums.
1. Lift the car so that both rear wheels proved to be posted. Secure the vehicle. 2. unscrew the two rear wheels on one wheel bolts (if alloy wheels, remove them completely).
| Fig. 8.23. So you can access the mounting gear brake when mounted on the vehicle wheel (1). Remove wheel bolt. The arrow shows the direction of travel
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3. Wheel rotate so that the hole by removing the bolts fastening angled 45 ?� to the horizontal axis of the wheel upward toward the rear of the vehicle (Fig. 8.23). Now using a screwdriver (4-5 mm) can gain access to mounting gear.
| Fig. 8.24. Insert a screwdriver into the hole of the wheel bolts, turn the mounting gear adjustment mechanism to lock the brake disc. Then turn the gear in the opposite direction until the freewheel brake disk
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4. Release the parking brake and turn the screwdriver mounting gear up until the rear wheel no longer spinning. Then, unscrew the mounting gear back to 5-6 teeth (Fig. 8.24). To loosen the left side of the vehicle must be rotated in the downward direction and the right - from the bottom up. 5. Repeatedly press the parking brake pedal and note the stroke length. 6. Check the unlocking of the rear wheels and, if necessary, repeat the adjustment.
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