Replacing the handbrake cable (parking brake) on a Lada Granta with your own hands

Pull up the handbrake

But if you really know how to tighten the handbrake on a Lada Granta standard, this procedure will not take you much time and effort. The only thing that is required for its implementation is a jack or an inspection hole, because access to adjustable components and assemblies occurs from below and you will have to work under the car. To tighten (adjust) the handbrake you will need 3 tools:

two open-end wrenches for 13, one of them is preferably a socket one;
one key head for 8;
a faithful assistant (although in desperate situations you can get by alone).

The process of directly adjusting the manual braking system of a Lada Granta car is carried out in nine main stages:

We lower the handbrake lever inside the car.
We climb under the car, unscrew the rubber cushions (brackets) from the resonator, and remove the muffler from its attachment to the body.
We remove the protective screen of the parking brake adjustment mechanism. To do this, use a socket wrench to unscrew the 4 nuts from the fastening bolts.
We remove the protective screen or move it to the side behind the muffler - in this case, the necessary space for work is also quite enough. In this case, the muffler can be pulled back with something, for example, by pushing a block of wood under it.
We take two 13mm wrenches - the first one is to slightly loosen the locknut, holding the adjusting nut. Then vice versa - hold it, and secondly turn (also loosening) the adjusting nut.
Actually, we adjust the hand brake as follows: tighten the handbrake cable, for which we tighten the adjusting nut (move the key clockwise).
Next, you should check the travel of the handbrake lever - this is why you need a partner, or you will have to do it yourself. The lock nut can be tightened when the handbrake stroke is 2-4 clicks (see above).
Then we test the operation of the parking brake mechanism as a whole. To do this, lift the rear wheels and check how freely they rotate when the handbrake is lowered and how completely they lock when fully raised (in this case they should not rotate at all!).
If the handbrake is working properly, tighten the locknut and replace the protective screen and muffler. The handbrake adjustment is complete!

As the mileage and life of the vehicle increases, the handbrake becomes less and less adjustable. It happens that even after adjustment, the manual braking system does not work properly and does not “hold” the car. This indicates that the wear on the brake pads is too high or the cable stretch is irreversible.

Design and location of the hand brake cable for the LADA Granta

The purpose of the LADA Granta handbrake cable is to transmit force from the lever in the cabin to the rear brake pads. It is enclosed in a multi-layer protective shell and has tips for attaching to the handbrake lever and the rear wheel brake drive. The adjusting nut on the cable allows you to adjust the length of the drive, and the return spring returns the system to its original state after lowering the drive lever. The handbrake cable is located under the bottom of the car and is partially covered by the muffler thermal shield.

Causes and signs of failure

The main reason why you have to change the handbrake cable of the LADA Granta is mechanical wear. The constant forces to which the cable is subjected eventually lead to its deformation (stretching) or rupture. The cause of cable breakage can also be wheel bolts of non-standard length, which catch and fray the steel threads of the cable. Signs that the parking brake cable needs to be replaced:

the cable stretches or breaks, as a result the handbrake lever rises all the way without effort and “does not hold” the car;
the cable jams in the braid, the pads do not release the brakes, the brake drum heats up when moving.

When a cable jams in the braid, you can try to lubricate it and, if the cause is not frayed threads, the problem may disappear. In all other cases, it is necessary to replace the Grant hand brake cable.

Advice: do not try to “save” the handbrake, using it as little as possible. If the cable moves infrequently in the sheath, it will eventually jam and break.

What is needed to replace the handbrake cable of the LADA Granta

To change the handbrake cable, you need access to the bottom of the car. Therefore, work must be carried out on a lift or inspection pit. In the latter case, you will additionally need a jack. In addition, you need the following tools and materials:

wheel wrench;
keys for 10, 12, 13;
2 bolts M8x60 mm;
pliers;
flat screwdriver;
WD-40;
metal brush;
handbrake cable for LADA Granta.

Adjusting the Grant's handbrake

Adjusting the parking brake of a VAZ 2190 is no more difficult than on a classic or “chisels”. Let's look at the step-by-step principle, starting with inventory.

Necessary tool for tightening the handbrake

What you will need for work:

Inspection pit, overpass, lift;
Keys: open-end and ratchet with long head 13;
Socket wrench or ratchet with a 10mm head;
Possibly WD-40.

It is better to do all the work with a partner, who will check how far the lever rises from the inside of the car. Otherwise, after each tightening of the cables, you will have to climb into the cabin yourself.

The lift will make it much easier to adjust the parking brake.

Parking brake adjustment principle

So, the car is on a pit/lift, the tool is in your hands - the handbrake is loose. What to do?

Step 1: find a resonator under the bottom. We remove its mount, located closer to the front of the car. Then, using a socket wrench or a ratchet with a 10mm socket, unscrew the 4 bolts securing the heat shield.

If the bolts are rusty, you can pour WD-40 on them and try to unscrew them. If the studs still don’t work and break, you need to be prepared to replace them. Otherwise, the screen cannot be put back.

This way we get the opportunity to move the screen forward without removing it. Underneath there is access to the parking brake adjustment mechanism.

Step 2: slide the screen forward to access cable adjustment.

Remove the cushion mount 1, unscrew the bolts 2. Move the screen 3.

Step 3: holding the adjusting nut (open-end wrench size 13), loosen the lock nut (head size 13).

Step 4: Rotate the adjusting nut clockwise to tighten the cables. Periodically check from the inside how the handbrake is holding.

We do not remove the locknut! Just weaken it.

As soon as the parking brake lever reaches 3-4 clicks, tighten the locknut.

1-lock nut. 2-adjusting nut. For convenience, you can loosen the locknut and rotate them both clockwise with a long head of 13.

Step 5: return the heat shield to its place, fix the fastening screws and the rubber suspension of the resonator.

Checking work:

the rear axle is suspended, the parking brake is removed - the rear wheels rotate freely;
the rear axle is suspended, the brake lever is raised (to maximum tension - 3-4 clicks) - the rear wheels do not rotate even with force.

How does the handbrake work and what is needed to adjust it?

Next you will learn how to tighten the handbrake on the Lada Grant, but first we will figure out how this system works. It should be said that on all modern vehicles the parking brake has a similar design and differs only in details. So, on Grant this mechanism consists of the following basic elements:

handbrake lever with rod and two nuts (adjusting and locking nut);
cable equalizer and spacer bars with brake pad drive lever;
left and right cables for driving the pads of the left and right wheels, respectively.

As you can see, the parking brake has a fairly simple design and includes a minimum number of elements. Thanks to this, having information on how to adjust the handbrake on a Grant, even an inexperienced car enthusiast can cope with such a task without much difficulty. Moreover, for the job you will need a simple set of tools, consisting of two open-end wrenches with a size of “13” and a socket wrench with a size of “8”. In addition, given that the adjustment work will be carried out under the bottom of the car, you will have to use a jack or install the car above the inspection hole.

A necessary tool for tightening the handbrake.

Two keys for 13. It is advisable that one of them be a socket.
Head 8.
A partner, but you can do without him. The truth is it’s more difficult without him.

The principle of adjusting the handbrake

Fully lower the handbrake lever in the cabin.
Place the car on a pit or lift it on a lift. Some car owners manage to adjust the handbrake “from the curb” - but this is inconvenient and dangerous.
Find the resonator from the bottom of the car and remove it from the rubber brackets.
Using a ratchet, unscrew the 4 bolts securing the protection of the handbrake adjustment mechanism (protective screen).
Next, you can either remove the protective screen, but it seems to me that it is easier to move it forward behind the muffler, which will free up space that is enough for free work.
Loosen the first nut with a 13mm wrench.
By tightening the adjusting nut, tighten the handbrake cable that comes out of the passenger compartment.
Ask a partner to check the stroke of the lever handle, or check it yourself.
As soon as the handbrake moves 3-4 clicks, tighten the lock nut.
Before the final stage of work, it is necessary to check the functionality of the brake mechanism. To do this, hang the rear wheels and watch how they rotate with the hand brake off. They also check how the wheels grip when the handbrake is raised.
Next, return the protective screen to its place, screw it onto the seats and put rubber fasteners on the resonator.

How to change the handbrake cable on a LADA Granta

Replacing the handbrake cable on a LADA Granta is first done as follows:

install the car on a viewing hole or lift;
lower the handbrake lever all the way;
loosen the tension on the handbrake cable by releasing the adjusting bolt;
unscrew the pins holding the brake drum and guiding the wheel disc during installation;
if necessary, use a metal brush to clean the place where the brake drum fits on the hub;
treat the drum landing area with WD-40;
press the drum from its seat, evenly screwing the M8 bolts into the threaded holes;

Attention: to prevent the pistons from coming out of the brake cylinders, do not press the brake pedal with the drum removed.

disconnect the thermal shield of the muffler, opening access to the handbrake cable;
remove the muffler and resonator from the cushions, lowering the exhaust system down;
Using a 13mm wrench, unscrew the locknut and the handbrake adjusting nut; remove the equalizer from the rod;
remove the end of the parking brake cable from the equalizer;
pull out the end of the cable sheath from the bracket on the body;
Use pliers to bend the cable fastening brackets;
Using a screwdriver, move the parking brake drive lever forward in the brake mechanism and remove the cable end from it;
loosen the nut holding the cable on the rear axle beam;
pull the cable out of the holder;
remove the cable from the bracket on the body;
remove the Grant handbrake cable from the brake shield.

Then the cable must also be removed from the other wheel. Installing a new parking brake cable is done in the reverse order. Now you know how to change the handbrake cable on a Grant. But after installing the new cable, it is necessary to adjust the hand brake drive.

General questions about the parking brake on Grant

Let's look at a few basic questions about VAZ 2190 brakes.

Operating principle of the Granta handbrake

When raising the handbrake lever in the passenger compartment:

the drive brake cable is tensioned;
through the equalizer he pulls the cables going to the rear brake pads;
The pads are pressed against the brake drums through expansion bars, stopping the wheel from moving;
When the tension is loosened (removed from the handbrake), the tension of the cables also weakens, and the wheels move freely.

Lever 1 pulls cables 3 through cable 2. Those, through levers 4 and strips 5, push the brake pads apart.

Why is it necessary to tighten the parking brake?

If the cable tension is loosened, there is a danger of the vehicle rolling away.

The Granta mechanical handbrake has a conventional device without self-adjustment. The same instructions apply to Lada Kalina, Priora.

This means that as the rear pads wear out, the original parking brake setting will lose effectiveness.

We eliminate a creaking noise from the rear, the reason is in the handbrake cable of the Lada Granta and Kalina - RepontoMore

The most easily fixable and fairly common malfunction of the LADA Granta brake system is problems with the parking brake that arise “due to the fault” of the handbrake cable. Replacing the Grant hand brake is easy and does not require special equipment or expensive tools. The only thing that needs to be organized is access to the bottom of the car.

Handbrake cables and mirrors with sealant

Almost all owners of the Lada Granta Liftback immediately after purchasing the car encountered two unpleasant problems: 1. Creaking in the rear of the car; 2.

A piercing whistle at speeds of 90 km/h with the windows open.

Fortunately, in our time, with the help of various forums and car communities, Grantmakers quickly found the sources of these problems and found effective ways to combat them. Let's get started?

Checking the operation of the hand brake

There are two ways to find out if the parking brake system on the Lada Granta is in order. They work separately: if at least one type of test shows something wrong, the handbrake needs adjustment. So:

Stop the car on an uphill or downhill slope of about 23-25 degrees, then put the handbrake in the raised position and turn off all gears. The car must stand still and not roll down. If this happens, the handbrake is working properly and you are in no danger. Otherwise, the handbrake on your car needs adjustment.
The travel of the hand braking system lever is checked. If the ratchet mechanism clicks 2-4 times before being completely moved to the parking position, there is no need to worry, the handbrake is working properly.

There are only two reasons why the handbrake on a Lada Granta may malfunction and fail:

brake pad wear;
stretching the cable.

This is not least due to the fact that the manual braking system on a budget liftback from the giant of the Russian automotive industry is designed quite simply and consists of only three components:

the handbrake control lever itself, equipped with a rod and a pair of nuts - one lock nut and one adjusting nut;
cable equalizer and spacers with a brake pad drive lever;
the right and left cables of the pad drive mechanism on both rear wheels - on the right and left, respectively.

How to change the hand brake linkage of a VAZ

So, first, let’s figure out how to replace the handbrake cable on a VAZ 2114 and a VAZ 2115 (the cars are almost the same). We will need:

wrenches;
screwdrivers;
hammer, wooden block;
penetrating lubricant;
wheel supports.

We begin repair work if there is an inspection hole.

First, lower the assembly lever in the cabin.
Next, at the bottom, loosen the adjusting nut, as well as the lock nut. Unscrew and remove these nuts.
Having loosened the fastenings of the rear wheels, as well as placing stops under the front ones, we lift the rear part of the car with a jack. We remove the wheels.
After removing the studs from the brake pads, we knock down the brake drums using a hammer and a wooden block.
Next, having dismantled the brake pad and unscrewed the bolt on it, you can finally disconnect the end of the handbrake rod from it - each rod from each unit.
At the rear of each brake unit, we pull out the cable drive in the shell, then remove the shell.
This releases our treasured part; all that remains is to pull it out of all the fasteners under the body. Then you can install the new one in reverse order.

The handbrake cable on a VAZ 2109 is replaced in the same way. When changing the cable on a VAZ 2110, we also follow the instructions given, but at the same time you will have to unfasten the interfering muffler, or rather, its end part, and then lower it. Otherwise there are no changes. To replace the handbrake cable on a Niva VAZ 2123, we follow the instructions given above, however, before releasing the rods from the wheel brake assemblies, you will have to unscrew the nuts securing the wheel guards.

The same applies to replacing a defective handbrake cable on a Gazelle. There, in the same way, you will have to unscrew two nuts in order to pull the rod removed from the pads out of the wheel guard.

True, on some modifications of the VAZ, the defective part is attached to the underbody using a threaded connection. Then you need to unscrew the nut. By the way, we must first treat all threaded connections with an aerosol-type penetrating lubricant.

What to do with the “manual” assembly of foreign cars

Now let’s discuss the procedure as applied to popular foreign cars. To replace the cable on a Mitsubishi Lancer 10 we will need:

hammer, wooden block;
wrenches, screwdrivers;
wheel chocks;
penetrating aerosol lubricant.

Also read about replacing the timing chain on an Opel Corse and replacing the license plate light bulb on a Nissan Qashqai. The peculiarity of this car is that part of the assembly, unlike the VAZ, runs inside the cabin. Therefore, the actions here are as follows.

We unscrew the armrest fastenings, and then remove the armrest.
We dismantle the rear seat - this is done easily. Then unscrew the handbrake linkage.
Next, loosen the bolts of the rear wheels, install wheel chocks under the front wheels, and lift the rear of the car using a jack.
Remove the rear wheels. While in the inspection hole, unscrew the fastening of the part on the rear beam.
Remove the brake drums using a hammer and a piece of wood.
We unfasten the brake pads, and then disconnect the ends of the treasured part from them.
We pull the defective unit into the cabin and disconnect it from the parking system lever.
We pull the new spare part through and fasten it in the reverse order.

Replacing a broken handbrake cable on a Hyundai Accent is done in much the same way. This car will also have to remove the rear seat.

Interestingly, the German Volkswagen Golf has a similar parking system design. However, to replace the handbrake cable, say, in a Golf 6, you do not need to remove the rear seat. The rods of the wheel mechanisms exit under the bottom through the muffler tunnel. After disconnecting from the equalizer, you just need to pull them down. The handbrake cable of the Volkswagen Passat B4 is replaced in the same way, since the unit here is designed following the example of the Golf.

The principle of operation of the handbrake on Grant

Why does it need to be tightened frequently?

This is the peculiarity of the mechanism, which is why you often have to tighten the handbrake. Plus low-quality spare parts from the beginning, and a design that has not changed since the time of Tsar Pea!

In foreign cars (not all of course), the rear brake mechanism (drum or disc) has self-tensioning springs, which are tightened depending on the wear of the pads.

How a properly configured handbrake should work

The handbrake movement in a Lada Granta car should be no more than 6 clicks from the moment it is raised. It is possible to increase the handbrake stroke to 8 clicks, but it is not recommended.

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Adjusting the handbrake cable on a VAZ 2114-2115 Since the rear drums and pads tend to wear out, over time the effectiveness of the handbrake decreases and you have to tighten it more and more.

Ultimately, even with the lever at maximum tension, the rear wheels do not lock to the required moment, and you need to resort to adjusting the mechanism. To perform this work on a VAZ 2114-2115 you will need only two 13mm wrenches, one can be a regular one, and the second is convenient to use a ratchet, since there is quite a bit of space for turning the nut.

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