Remove one wheel bolt on each wheel.
Raise the rear of the car.
Lift up from behind and remove the handbrake lever cover.
Loosen the 2 adjusting screws of the handbrake cable "arrows".
On each wheel, completely unscrew one bolt. The threaded hole should be located at the bottom rear at approximately 45° to the vertical. The wheel should not be removed (in the picture the wheel has been removed for clarity). Use a portable lamp to illuminate the threaded hole where the nut of the installation mechanism should be visible.
Apply screwdriver 2 to mounting nut 1 and turn the nut until it is impossible to turn the brake disc by hand. Then unscrew the mounting nut 4-6 teeth back. When turning the mounting nut on the left side of the car upwards, the brake shoes are pressed against the drum. On the right side of the car, the mounting nut must be turned downwards to do this.
After adjustment, check the ability of the brake disc to rotate freely, and if necessary, unscrew the installation nut a little further back. The brake discs must rotate freely.
Adjust the handbrake cable. To do this, tighten the handbrake lever by 4 teeth and screw the adjusting nuts "arrows" onto the cable so that the left and right rear wheels can still rotate evenly by hand. Release the handbrake lever and check that the wheels rotate freely. If necessary, repeat the adjustment.
Install the handbrake lever cover.
Lower the car.
Install the 2 rear wheel bolts and tighten them to 110 Nm. Put on the decorative wheel covers.
Figure W - 4496
1 Braided cable
2 Bolt
3 Support
4 Brake shoe
5 Expansion lock
6 Adjusting screw
7 Lower spring
8 Upper spring
9 Pressure spring
10 Tie pin
(The original article is located on: BMWman)