[Vwdiesel] Parking Brake

[James Hansen]

easy job.
detach both ends, pull out the old ones, slide in the new ones.
Trickiest thing is to get both sides pulling the same, which is not all 
that tricky really.  I've found it does work better to replace the cable 
and doing the rear brakes at the same time- then for sure you get the 
cable the right length with new brakes, and it *should* never have to be 
touched again.
If you drive over much gravel, I would recommend sliding a length of 
something tough over the brake cable where it is exposed to road 
booogers... saves the outer jacket, and saltwater doesn't get in and 
kill the new one as fast.
-james

The Geisers wrote:
> Anyone changed out the cables on the parking brakes on a late model Jetta
> ('92 ecodiesel)?  Big pain or minimal job?
>  
> Mine are hanging up - I think mostly the one on the driver's side.  Been
> ignoring them and not using the parking brake for the past few years, but
> I'm getting caught up on other fix-it's and would like to get them up and
> going again.
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