Specifications

Brake System

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Brake system with foot-operated
brake, front
Vehicles
With 4- and 5-cylinder engines
Single-piston floating caliper
brakes, ventilated brake discs
with engines of 85 kW and above, and with 66 kW engine with automatic transmission
With 6-cylinder engines
Two-piston floating caliper brakes, ventilated brake discs
Brake disc diameter, mm 256 276
Brake disc thickness new/minimum, mm 13/11 25/23
Ventilated discs: 22/20
Brake pad lining thickness new/minimum 14/2 (without backing plate) 13/2 (without backing plate)
Drum brakes, rear Drum brakes with internal shoes with automatic adjustment, Simplex type
(only vehicles with 66 kW engine, built before 10/92, with manual transmission, without ABS)
Brake drum diameter
new/minimum, mm
230/231
Brake lining thickness, minimum, mm 2.5 (without brake shoe)
Disc brakes, rear Single-piston brakes with automatic adjuster for parking brake mechanism
Brake disc diameter, mm 245
Brake disc thickness
new/minimum, mm
10/8
Brake pad lining thickness new/minimum 12/2 (without backing plate)

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