Hey Jesse, It was me who changed the e-brake cables and wrote a post. Its a pretty easy job. -From inside the car disconnect the cables from the e-brake handle assembly -Jack the car up and snip the metal cable where it meets the caliper with metal snips or bolt cutters -Unhook the cable from the hooks that hold it to the chassis, be careful not to break them. -You will need to pull the cable out from the inlet under the center of the car, be very careful not to break the plastic grommet on the end. Use Vice grips and twist carefully. If it breaks then you will need a drill and a drill bit to get the remaining plastic out of the cable inlet tubes.
When installing new cables grease them up thoroughly using any kind of grease (silicone, moly, bearing grease). I used moly grease. I spent 10 minutes on each cable adding grease and moving the cable around. It might be a good idea to pack a little bit of grease in the cable's end boot. Don't over-tighten the cables, I think 4 or 5 clicks is tight enough. It'll probably take you an hour and a half at the most to repalce the cables. Mark Reda. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse T Walz" <[email protected]> To: "a2list" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 8:24 AM Subject: [a2-16v-list] Replacing parking brake cables > Hi all, > > Could one of you nice folks, who is smarter than myself and saves > post, please send me the write up on replacing parking brake > cables. I believe Mark Reda posted it a few weeks ago and > included a few good tips. If someone could do it before 10:30 > this morning that would be great. I have a half day at work > today and plan on changing these after I get out. Thanks in > advance. > > Jesse Walz > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. >
