Seat Leon >> Removing and installing parking brake lever, vehicles with manual parking brake

SEAT Leon Service and Repair Manual / Brake system / Brakes - mechanism / Handbrake / Removing and installing parking brake lever, vehicles with manual parking brake

Removing:

  • Remove centre console.
  • Unclip connectors -A- of the handbrake warning switch - F9- -B-.
  • Clip out the securing tabs -arrows- of the handbrake warning switch - F9- -B- and remove.

Brakes - mechanism

  • Loosen the adjustment nut -1- until the handbrake cable -2- can be removed from the compensator.

Brakes - mechanism

  • Remove the screws -arrows- and take off the handbrake lever.

Installation:

Carry out installation in the reverse sequence, noting the following:

Brakes - mechanism

  • Install the parking brake lever -arrow- and tighten the screws to the required torque.

Brakes - mechanism

  • Insert the handbrake cable -2- into the compensator and tension the handbrake cable with the adjustment nut -1-.
  • Adjust handbrake.
  • Install centre console.

Brakes - mechanism

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