Here's the Step By Step.... 1. Remove the base of the e-brake lever and take the nuts off the cable ends. 2. Loosen the lugs on the rear wheels, put a piece of wood behind the front wheels, and jack the back end of the car up, then take off the rear wheels. 3. Use bolt cutters or tin snips and cut the e-brake cable where it connects to the caliper, 1/2" of metal line should be exposed, cut there. 4. Carefully unclip the ebrake cable from the caliper (set the clip a side) and use vice grips and pull the cable downwards to dislodge it from it's mount in the caliper (you may need to wiggle the cable around to get it free). 5. Carefully unclip the metal clip holding the cable to the trailing arm of the rear axle. 6. Get under the car. Using vice grips, attempt to remove the cable from where it mounts to the car (centre of the car, near the heat shield). If the plastic fitting breaks off, break out your drill because you will have to remove all the plastic in there to get the new line to mount. 7. Grease up the new e-brake cable well. 8. Insert the new brake cable and feed the metal line into the car. Get in the car and secure the nuts on the cable (do not tight it). Then go back to the caliper and feed the metal line (with ball) into place.
Repeat for other side. I think that's it. Mark. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denis Palmans" <[email protected]> To: "Mark Reda" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 8:57 PM Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Parking Brake Cable Help > Hi Mark, I'm just about to replace the cables on my GTI also. Just wondering > if you might be able to give me a quick step by step, and maybe anything to > watch out for. > > The cables I got have the metal piece with them, so I'm guessing I can maybe > just pull the old cables with the metal and just switch it? > > Thanks > > -denis > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Reda" <[email protected]> > To: "a2list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 5:07 PM > Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Parking Brake Cable Help > > > > I just finished replacing the E-Brake Cables on my Jetta GTX. > > It was a pretty easy job, it took about 2 hours and I really took my time. > > > > The only problem I had was pulling the cable plastic fitting out of the > > metal pipe out of the centre of the car (very poor description). The > plastic > > fitting broke off in the metal pipe and I had to drill it out. > > It may be a good idea to keep a drill around when you're doing the e-brake > > cables. > > The cable wasn't really fastened the way I thought it would be. > > > > Both e-brake cables are identical. > > > > Overall, it was a pretty easy job, > > > > Mark. > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Oleg M. Smirnov" <[email protected]> > > To: "Mark Reda" <[email protected]> > > Cc: "a2list" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 11:05 AM > > Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Parking Brake Cable Help > > > > > > > Mark Reda wrote: > > > > > > >Hey Guys, > > > >I'm about to replace the parking brake cable on my Jetta GTX (rear > disks) > > > >and I wanted to ask if there are any tips or tricks that the Bentley > > doesn't > > > >mention. > > > > > > > > > > > Not that I can think of... it's about as straightforward as it gets. > > > Say, 0.01% more difficult than an oil change. > > > > > > I like to put some lube down the cable sheath, to make it smoother. I've > > > used some "liquid graphite" stuff before, but I can't find it here, so I > > > just use vaseline oil (Johnson & Johnson Baby Oil, he he) > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Oleg > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > a2-16v-list mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > a2-16v-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > >
