Opel Vectra A

since 1988-1995 release

Repair and operation of the car



Vektr's Opel And
+ 1. Maintenance instruction
+ 1.1 Maintenance
+ 2. Engine
+ 3. Repair of DOHC engines
+ 4. Repair of the diesel engine
+ 5. Cooling system
+ 6. Fuel system
+ 7. The fuel and exhaust system of models with system of injection of fuel
+ 8. Exhaust system and system of decrease in toxicity of exhaust gases
+ 9. Fuel systems of the diesel engine
+ 10. Engine electrical systems
+ 11. Transmission
+ 12. Mechanical transmission
+ 13. Automatic transmission
+ 14. Power shafts
- 15. Brake system
   15.2. General information
   15.3. Anti-blocking system of brakes (ABS)
   15.4. Pumping of the hydraulic brake system
   + 15.5. Replacement of front brake shoes
   15.6. Replacement of back brake shoes on disk brakes
   + 15.7. Replacement of back brake shoes on drum brakes
   15.8. Replacement of brake shoes of the emergency brake on back disk brakes
   15.9. Support of a forward brake
   15:10. Support of a back disk brake
   15:11. Brake disk
   15:12. Forward brake disk
   15:13. A back brake disk on models with SOHC engines
   15:14. A back brake disk on models with DOHC engines
   15:15. Brake drum
   15:16. Back working brake cylinder
   15:17. Brake board of a back brake
   15:18. Protection cover of a forward brake disk
   15:19. Main brake cylinder
   15:20. Repair of the main brake cylinder (model without ABS)
   15:21. Vacuum amplifier of brakes
   15:22. Hydraulic ABS modulator
   15:23. The ABS sensors installed on wheels
   15:24. ABS control unit
   15:25. ABS relay (only ABS-2E system)
   15:26. Valves of adjustment of pressure
   15:27. Brake pipelines and hoses
   15:28. Adjustment of the emergency brake
   + 15:29. Cable of the emergency brake
   15:30. Lever of the emergency brake
   15:31. Brake pedal
+ 16. Suspension bracket
+ 17. Body
+ 18. Electric equipment
+ 19. Check of malfunctions


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15:17. Brake board of a back brake

MODELS WITH BACK DRUM BRAKES

Removal

PERFORMANCE ORDER
1. In the presence take off a wheel cap, then weaken bolts of fastening of a back wheel. Lift a back part of the car and record on supports. Remove a back wheel.
2. Remove the brake drum.
3. Remove a nave of a back wheel.
4. Remove brake shoes.
5. Remove the working brake cylinder.
6. Using a screw-driver edge as the lever, remove the plate fixing a cable of the emergency brake to a brake board.
7. Unscrew four bolts and remove a pin of a nave and a brake board.

Installation

PERFORMANCE ORDER
1. Installation is made in the sequence, the return to removal taking into account the next moments.
2. Apply a thin film of lithium lubricant on a back surface of a flange of a pin of a nave.
3. Tighten bolts of fastening of a brake board / pin of a nave the required moment.
4. Install the working brake cylinder.
5. Establish brake shoes.
6. Establish a nave of a back wheel.
7. Install the brake drum.
8. Check and, if necessary, adjust the emergency brake.

MODELS WITH BACK DISK BRAKES WITH THE SOHC ENGINE

Removal

PERFORMANCE ORDER
1. In the presence take off a wheel cap, then weaken bolts of fastening of a back wheel. Lift a back part of the car and record on supports. Remove a back wheel.
2. Remove the brake drum.
3. Remove a nave of a back wheel.
4. Remove brake shoes.
5. Remove the working brake cylinder.
6. Using a screw-driver edge as the lever, remove the plate fixing a cable of the emergency brake to a brake board.
7. Remove a nave / a brake disk of a back wheel.
8. Remove brake shoes of the emergency brake.
9. Unscrew four bolts and remove a pin of a nave and a brake board.

Installation

Installation is made in the sequence, the return to removal taking into account the next moments...

PERFORMANCE ORDER
1. Apply a thin film of lithium lubricant on a back surface of a flange of a pin of a nave.
2. Tighten bolts of fastening of a brake board / pin of a nave the required moment.
3. Establish blocks of the emergency brake.
4. Establish a nave / a brake disk of a back wheel.
5. Check work and, if necessary, adjust the emergency brake.

DOHC MODELS

Removal

PERFORMANCE ORDER
1. In the presence take off a wheel cap, then weaken bolts of fastening of a back wheel. Lift a back part of the car and record on supports. Remove a back wheel.
2. Remove a brake disk.
3. Remove a nave of a back wheel.
4. Remove blocks of the emergency brake.
5. Unscrew four bolts and remove a brake board of the emergency brake.

Installation

Installation is made in the sequence, the return to removal taking into account the next moments...

PERFORMANCE ORDER
1. Establish blocks of the emergency brake.
2. Establish a nave of a back wheel.
3. Establish a brake disk.
4. Check and, if necessary, adjust the emergency brake.