14.8. HANDBRAKE ADJUSTMENT

The handbrake is mounted on the front wheels and not as usual on the back wheels. Always take this into account. The use of the hand brake while driving is not recommended.

- Set the handbrake back completely and jack the car in the front and put it on blocks.
- Loosen the lock and tension adjusting nut on both handbrake cables and unscrew the bolts on both callipers of the eccentric at the same time.
- Turn the eccentric to the right of the dial counter clockwise and the left on the dial clockwise (See this from the front of the car) until the handbrake pads are against the disc. The wheel must not be turning fast. (See figure 3b.5)
- Loosen the bolts of the eccentrics fixed with 40 Nm and hold them up against the eccentrics. Check the adjustment.
- Pull the handbrake inside the car three clicks.
- Adjust the cable for each calliper. Make sure that the ends of the outer casing and the cable itself are properly in place.
- Tighten the tension adjusting nut on both cables evenly so that the free length of the cable wire ends are equal.
- Between the handbrake lever and the impact cam should be about a margin of 0.5 mm. Tighten the lock bolts by turning them against each other.
- Put the handbrake back completely, checking that both wheels can rotate freely. Pull the handbrake complete and make sure that the wheels are not being blocked.
- Pull on the handbrake a few times. The adjustment should not be changed now.

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