Fiat Bravo Quiz
Brake system

Removing and installing the handbrake cable

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Removal

  • Release the handbrake.

  • Raise the vehicle.

Handbremsseilzug aus-und einbauen

  • Drum brake: pry off cover -1- with a screwdriver. Pull the cable nipple rearward against the spring force with long-nose pliers and unhook it from the handbrake lever. Pull cable -2- out of the brake carrier.

Handbremsseilzug aus-und einbauen

  • Disc brake: unhook the cable from the lever of the rear brake caliper with pliers.

Handbremsseilzug aus-und einbauen

  • Unhook cable -1- from compensator -2-. To do so, press in the retaining lugs with a screwdriver.

  • Mark the cable routing on the underbody with a felt-tip pen and remove the cable sheath from the clips -3-.

Installation

  • Route the cable with sheath along the markings on the underbody and insert it into the clips.

  • Disc brake: hook the cable onto the lever of the rear brake caliper with pliers.

  • Drum brake: feed the cable through the front opening in the brake carrier into the brake drum. Hold the cable nipple with long-nose pliers, push the return spring back against the spring force with a screwdriver, and insert the cable into the handbrake lever of the drum brake.

    Insert the rubber plug into the opening of the brake carrier.

  • Hook the cable onto the compensator and engage it.

  • Check the cable routing again and adjust the handbrake.

  • Lower the vehicle.

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