Front Locking Button On Selector Lever Handle, Bringing Into Installed Position, From My 2012 And RS5, RS4

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Special tools and workshop equipment required

Locking Button Removal Tool T140203

Procedure

Fig 1: Identifying Locking Button -1- Projected Out In Installation Position In Handle

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The locking button -1- projects out in its installation position in the handle.

If the locking button was pressed in, then it must be brought back to it installation position so that the handle can be installed.

NOTE:

To improve the illustration, the handle is shown without the selector lever boot for the following steps.

Fig 2: Installing T140203 All The Way Into Handle -1-

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-- Carefully install the Locking Button Removal Tool T140203 all the way into the handle -1-.

The cut-out on the Locking Button Removal Tool T140203 faces the locking button and the hook toward the left.

-- Hold the handle -A- tighten and turn the Locking Button Removal Tool T140203 180° in direction of arrow -1-.

Fig 3: Hold Handle -A- And Turn T140203 180 Degrees In Direction Of -Arrow 1-

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-- Hold the handle tight and carefully remove the Locking Button Removal Tool T140203 -arrow 2-.

While the Locking Button Removal Tool T140203 is being removed, the locking button -A- on the handle will be pushed out and will lock.

Fig 4: Resetting Lock Button With Tool T140203
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Do not touch the locking button anymore before installing the handle so that the button does not fall back in.