How to change the handbrake cable on Niva 21214

Replacing cables and parking (hand) brake lever

The mechanically actuated parking brake system acts on the rear brake mechanism.

The hand brake is mechanically driven from lever 1 (Figure 8.9). The middle part of the rear cable passes through the groove of guide 7, the tension of which is adjusted with a nut screwed onto the threaded end of the front cable. A spacer sleeve 8 is installed between the guide 7 and the adjusting nut.

At the rear ends of the cable there are tips, each of which is connected to the hook of the lever 11 for the manual drive of the shoes. This lever is pivotally attached to the brake shoe with a finger and its upper part rests against the groove of the spacer bar 10. The rib of the brake shoe is installed in the opposite groove of the bar.

REAR CABLES
REPLACING THE FRONT CABLE AND PARKING BRAKE LEVER

Replace the lever assembly if the gear sector or pawl is worn or damaged.

Replace the front cable if it is excessively stretched (impossibility of adjusting the parking brake) or has mechanical damage.

You will need: a 13mm wrench, pliers, a screwdriver.

1. Disconnect the rear cable guide from the front cable end (see above).

2. Remove the floor tunnel lining (see here).

4. Remove the lever axle retaining ring.

3. Remove the two bolts securing the lever bracket to the floor and remove the lever.

6. Pull the cable inside the cabin.

5. Remove the lever shaft.

7. Install the new cable and lever in the reverse order of removal.

8. Adjust the parking brake system (see here).

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Chevrolet Niva RAMMSTEIN › Logbook › Replacing the front parking brake cable

The year before last, before a trip to Crimea, I changed the rear handbrake cable on the shnivy, I installed it from an AT company (Czech Republic). After installation, a week later, the handbrake stopped holding, and I drove without a parking brake for almost 2 years. And here we recently cleared the snow in front of the house so that the car is parked on a slope and constantly rolls towards the gate. And so that it wouldn’t roll, I decided to fix the handbrake after all.