Removing handbrake cable from rear caliper?

ian_uk1975 · Mar 11th, 2011, 12:16

How the hell do you remove the handbrake cable from the rear caliper? I've been levering and pulling for the last 20 minutes and can't see how to get it off. Do you have to disconnect the cable at the front where it connects to the handbrake handle? If so, where is the cable connection and what do I need to disconnect it? Or, do I need to slacken the cable off at wherever it adjusts?

Thanks!

toxophilus · Mar 11th, 2011, 12:43

IIRC (and bear with me because it's a while since I've done it...) you need to slacken the handbrake cable right off INSIDE the car...

Remove the trim surrounding the handbrake lever which will reveal a turnbuckle and all the cable divider assembly and so forth.

Back the turnbuckle right off until the cable is as slack as it will go (without the thing falling apart obviously...).

You should now be able to pull the cable through more at the caliper and disconnect it.

When you retighten the cable, you want the handbrake lever to do about 6 or 7 "clicks" from fully off to fully on.

All the necessary info is in the Haynes manual...

andy_d · Mar 11th, 2011, 13:26

yeps its inside,
P2 its take out the rear of the center console , easy enough, a few screws, and handbrake mech is there.
p1, similar

haynes book of fibs shows a p1, and converting to P2 is easy enough from there words/pics

ian_uk1975 · Mar 11th, 2011, 13:55

Figured it out in the end, but thanks anyway chaps... you were spot-on.

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ian_uk1975 Junior Member Last Online: Mar 11th, 2011 13:55 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Northampton	Removing handbrake cable from rear caliper? How the hell do you remove the handbrake cable from the rear caliper? I've been levering and pulling for the last 20 minutes and can't see how to get it off. Do you have to disconnect the cable at the front where it connects to the handbrake handle? If so, where is the cable connection and what do I need to disconnect it? Or, do I need to slacken the cable off at wherever it adjusts? Thanks! Last edited by ian_uk1975; Mar 11th, 2011 at 12:29.

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toxophilus Anti-Social Genius Last Online: Oct 9th, 2014 09:12 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Burnley	IIRC (and bear with me because it's a while since I've done it...) you need to slacken the handbrake cable right off INSIDE the car... Remove the trim surrounding the handbrake lever which will reveal a turnbuckle and all the cable divider assembly and so forth. Back the turnbuckle right off until the cable is as slack as it will go (without the thing falling apart obviously...). You should now be able to pull the cable through more at the caliper and disconnect it. When you retighten the cable, you want the handbrake lever to do about 6 or 7 "clicks" from fully off to fully on. All the necessary info is in the Haynes manual... __________________ VOC 23115 MY2002 P2 V70 D5 SE John Ellison Photography

Mar 11th, 2011, 13:26	#3
andy_d Premier Member Last Online: Apr 24th, 2024 21:26 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: birmingham	yeps its inside, P2 its take out the rear of the center console , easy enough, a few screws, and handbrake mech is there. p1, similar haynes book of fibs shows a p1, and converting to P2 is easy enough from there words/pics __________________ 940s - 2l / 92 < gone&missed s401.8 xs auto <gone >V50 2.4SE Geartronic aka "the new money pit" "skyship007 has now been successfully added to your ignore list. "."

Mar 11th, 2011, 13:55	#4
ian_uk1975 Junior Member Last Online: Mar 11th, 2011 13:55 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Northampton	Figured it out in the end, but thanks anyway chaps... you were spot-on.

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