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BMW 3 Series E30since 1983-1994 releaseRepair and operation of the car |
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BMW E30 + 1. Maintenance instruction + 2. Maintenance + 3. Engine + 4. Cooling system + 5. Heating and ventilation + 6. Fuel system + 7. Exhaust system + 8. Transmissions + 9. Coupling - 10. Brake system 10.2. Specifications 10.3. Anti-blocking system (ABS) 10.4. Blocks of disk brakes 10.5. Support of a disk brake 10.6. Brake disk 10.7. Blocks of drum brakes 10.8. Main cylinder of brakes 10.9. Vacuum amplifier of brakes 10:10. Cable(s) of the emergency brake 10:11. Adjustment of the emergency brake 10:12. Mechanism of the emergency brake 10:13. Brake pedal 10:14. Braking signal switch 10:15. Hoses and lines of a hydraulic actuator of brakes 10:16. Removal of air from a hydraulic actuator of brakes + 11. Running gear + 12. Body + 13. Electric equipment + 14. Useful tips |
10:12. Mechanism of the emergency brake
The mechanism of the emergency brake has to be checked periodically. Install the car on a slope, turn on the emergency brake, include neutral transfer and check that the car is kept only by the emergency brake (pedal of a brake is released). When conducting this check it is necessary to be in the car. It is necessary to check the emergency brake each two years, or at any suspicion for its abnormal work. Check Lift the car and establish on supports, remove back wheels.On cars with back drum brakes checking of thickness of blocks is a part of procedures of periodic service. On the cars equipped with back disk brakes remove disks. Take a support aside and fix a support by a wire, do not disconnect a tube of a brake. Check a condition of all details of the emergency brake, existence on them of wear and damages. Blocks of the emergency brake in cars with back disk brakes as a rule do not demand replacement during all term of operation of the car. However, they can wear out owing to the wrong adjustment of the brake system, or because of regular use of the emergency brake for a car stop. The extreme size of wear of blocks of the emergency brake is not normalized, however it is recommended to change them if the residual thickness of blocks less than 1,5 mm. Check a condition of springs and the mechanism of the regulator, and also check a condition of a drum, existence on it deep development of scratches and other damages. Prevention |
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