Theunis Kruger wrote:

Right, a bit if feedback: solidly jammed so took the liberty of removing motor and gearbox, fortunately shaft still in perfect condition. Cleaned, lubed and closed up. Re-assembled and tried again, now working perfectly!!

One thing though: on SA spec the diff lock motor screws you, so I had to go through spare well, remove bracket and flip module upside down. A bit more work, but worth it!!

Many thanks D_M, much much appreciated!!!

Mike thanks so much for posting.

I'm trying to do this in the middle of nowhere with jacks and axle stands and finding clearance an issue. Just getting the screws out was a mission So Theunis I'd be very grateful in hearing from you and the guys who have gone in through the spare wheel well and flipped the unit.

Any photos or tips on how to would be very much appreciated. I'm having a little trouble imagining what you did.

TIA

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Magnet6x6 wrote:

So Theunis I'd be very grateful in hearing from you and the guys who have gone in through the spare wheel well and flipped the unit.

Any photos or tips on how to would be very much appreciated. I'm having a little trouble imagining what you did. TIA

Given the overwhelming number of responses I guess I asked a daft question, so best I answer it my self

This is for those nervous nellies like me who are a little hesitant about jumping into things without knowing exactly what they’ll face. Hope this helps any one else contemplating a rear entry

This is on a left hand drive V8 HSE. I’d trashed the epb shoes and had dismantled the assemblies on both sides of the car.

I tried Mikey’s way from the front of the axle but working with axle stands meant no head room at all and I really struggled to even remove the screws from the module cover and there seemed little likelihood of being able to prise the lid off module let alone wield a lever against the brass bar. So I picked up on comments from Theunis Kruger & Mikesaint01 and decided to try going in through the spare wheel area, hence my question.

Remove the spare wheel
Unbolt the emissions canister, an easy 2x 10mm bolts


Slide the canister out as far as it will go & release the three pipes
There are two different types of “squeezie pop” connections.



I found the centre one really fiddly



Released the three plastic clips holding the airline to the epb plate.
I levered against the plate with a small screw driver to release them
cut the tape holding the loom to the plate



Unbolt four easy 10mm bolts that hold the epb mounting plate to the chassis

“Just flip it” they said, yeah right

I could only get it to move an inch in either direction so .....
Separated the module from the mounting plate, again two easy 10mm bolts.

Levered the module upwards to clear the mounting spigots & rotated both items forwards towards the front of the car and pulled the plate out backwards.

If you rotate the plate and module toward the rear of the car with the idea of pushing them forward and pulling the module back, the plate can become jammed in the loom and gaps in the chassis

At this point, whilst improved the module still had limited rotational movement in either direction and was under a lot of tension so .....


unscrewed and pulled free the hand brake cable retainers on both sides of the module
this exposed the inner cables and gave enough slack to comfortably rotate the epb module and to access the torx screws.

Pried off the module lid by carefully levering off the bolt mounting points at the top and the epb module mechanism became accessible.

The initial unwinding was a bit stiff but once started was fairly easy. I used plumbers pliers against the ridges on the brass bar and against the top of the plastic casing to unwind it.

Rotated the brass bar by keeping the top jaw of the pliers fixed against the plastic casing and pulling the lower jaw upwards towards the top jaw. In other words rotated the bar up towards the floor of the car

Replacing the emissions canister centre pipe and the epb shoe return springs proved to be ridiculously difficult. In the first instance working semi blind I was trying to put the wrong hose on the pipe

For the first set of shoes I assembled and pinned both in place and using wire and a lever I stretched the return spring into place. The amount of force required for this was insane and it took many attempts, lots and lots of cussing and several bruised knuckles to achieve.

For the second set I pinned one shoe in place, angled the second at 90 degrees, connected the return spring to both and pushed the loose shoe over until it was correctly located. This was incredibly fiddly because the spreader had to be held in place while the shoe was being pushed across, whilst every thing was trying to go in different directions at the same time. I used the tail of the tie wrap on the spreader spring to hold on to whilst I levered the shoe into place. Once in place the shoe had to pinned. I tie wrapped the spring clips as tight as possible, this allowed it to be pushed under the head of the pin from a slightly upward position using gentle pressure. Again, the second side took many attempts and even more cussing, less bruising though

Without exaggeration, getting the emission box off and back on and fitting the two pairs of epb shoes took me longer than the rest of the job which included changing front and rear pads & resetting the epb module. WTF

Ok replacing the emissions box was down to me trying to put the wrong sized pipe on but what’s the story with the epb shoes. Is there a special trick to getting the return spring back on? If there is it’d be worth its weight in gold! And definitely worth including the publications.

Any how I now have a fully functional epb and new pads all round and I’m a very happy chappie and all made possible by the kind efforts of Bodsy’s Bible & Disco Mikey

As has been said by others I wouldn’t even have considered doing either if it weren’t for excellent write ups from both these gents. All very much appreciated

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