Adjusting parking brake: VW Phaeton
Step-by-step adjusting parking brake for the VW Phaeton: 12 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Phaeton (3D)
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- Screw in adjusting nut (2) onto stop so that groove for securing element is covered. When doing this, counterhold using open-end spanner (13 mm) in area marked by (3).
📋 Procedure
- Parking brake pedal in rest position.
- Depress brake pedal (not parking brake) firmly at least three times.
- Take out securing element (1).
- Screw in adjusting nut (2) onto stop so that groove for securing element is covered. When doing this, counterhold using open-end spanner (13 mm) in area marked by (3).
- Push both cable sleeves (4) and (5) together.
- Unscrew adjusting nut (2) until groove for securing element is visible.
- Insert securing element (1).
- Pull cable sleeves (4) and (5) apart at the same time until cables are pretensioned. When doing this, the distance between the lever on the brake caliper and the limit stop should not exceed 2.5 mm.
- Depress parking brake pedal to stop three times and then release.
- Check brake cable preload and turn adjusting nut (A) in/out as necessary…
- The combined distance to limit stop (A) on the left and right brake calipers should be no less than 1 mm and no greater than 5 mm, but the max. distance of 3.5 mm should not be exceeded on one brake.
- Check that both wheels turn freely.
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