Parking Brake System: Adjustments

- This requires that both parking brake cables move easily.
- Parking brake must be adjusted when parking brake lever can be pulled up by more than 8 teeth.



- Lift off brush cover plate (1).



- Unscrew adjusting nuts (2).
- Unscrew one wheel bolt on each rear wheel and remove.



- The tapped bore must be positioned approx. 45° behind the perpendicular line at bottom.



- Turn adjusting nut (1) with a screwdriver to move the parking brake shoes against the brake disc and prevent it from turning.
- Then turn back the adjusting nut 4 to 6 threads.
- Adjusting nut turned clockwise = tightening.
- Adjusting nut turned anticlockwise = loosening.
- Brake discs must turn easily.

Important
- When adjusting nuts are hard to turn, remove rear wheels.



- If applicable, detach brake discs.




- Pull up parking brake lever 5 teeth and turn adjusting nuts (2) until the left and right rear wheels can just be turned uniformly.
- Release parking brake lever and check whether the wheels can be turned easily.