Adjustment after Rear Caliper Replacement

[gmenounos]

The parking brake mechanism in one of my rear calipers has frozen up again. I freed and lubed it a few months ago which got me through the rest of the winter but now I'm ready to replace the caliper. (Before you ask, I've already replaced the cables so it's not them)

After I install the new caliper and bleed the system, what's the proper order to apply the brakes to get the parking brake adjusted properly? Parking brake first and then the foot pedal? I've seen a post on here before with the proper order but I can't find it anymore.

Thanks!

 

[Blacktree]

According to the Bentley manual:
- Press the brake pedal hard 3 times
- Pull the parking brake handle hard 3 times
- Adjust the cables (under the rear console) until the parking brake levers (on the calipers) have 1-3mm gap
- Make sure the brakes don't drag

 

[macoombi]

I found that it helps to crank the parking brake a whole bunch of times. I'm not sure the order matters though but I would crank the parking brake about 20-30 times before bleeding the system.

I've replace rear calipers a few times and found I couldn't get a hard pedal without cranking the parking brake and that's with using a Motive Power Bleeder.

 

[gmenounos]

Thanks for your help. I finally found the old post with the order to do things when changing a rear caliper:

https://forums.tdiclub.com/showpost.php?p=3302316&postcount=12