Parking Brake System: Adjustments

Handbrake Adjustment

Service Repair No - 70.35.10

Check
1. Rear brake shoe bedding-in

WARNING: Where possible, a road test should be on well surfaced and dry roads. Always comply with speed limits and local traffic regulations.

2. Ensure handbrake is correctly adjusted as detailed below.
3. On a dynamometer: Apply hand brake for approximately 40 seconds, a braking force reading of 800 Nm must be obtained.
4. On road test: At approximately 24 mph (40 km/h), apply handbrake until braking force can be felt. Apply handbrake one further notch and drive on for 440 yards (400 meters).

Adjust
1. Raise rear of vehicle.

WARNING: Do not work on or under a vehicle supported only by a jack. Always support the vehicle on safety stands.

2. Remove rear road wheels.
3. On each rear brake.





4. Remove adjuster access plug from brake disc.
5. Rotate brake disc until access hole is in the 6 o'clock position.
6. Using a screwdriver or similar tool, turn brake shoe adjuster until resistance is felt. Apply handbrake several times to center shoes, re-adjust if required and repeat.
7. Ensure handbrake is released and check disc will not rotate.
8. Back the adjuster off 8 notches, check disc is free to rotate.
9. Fit adjuster access plug.
10. Fit rear road wheels and tighten nuts to 140 Nm (103 ft. lbs.).
11. Handbrake lever assembly is self adjusting and will correctly tension cables. However after adjustment apply handbrake several times, release handbrake and ensure road wheels are free to rotate.
12. Lower vehicle.