Entry Assistance Release Cable A, Adjusting

Special Tools And Workshop Equipment Required 

• Feeler Gauge:VAS5301/10 

ADJUSTMENT CONDITIONS 

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• The upholstery must be removed from the seat pan and the front backrest and they must be bolted to each other.
• The backrest adjustment hand wheel is turned forward until stop.
• The release cable B must be engaged in the seat longitudinal adjuster and backrest hinge.
• Adjust the seat rail, so that a locking pin -2- is engaged (it does not matter which locking pin is engaged).

CHECKING AND ADJUSTING 

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-- Push the lever -1- on the backrest hinge until stop in the direction of the -arrow-.

-- Release the release cable adjuster by holding the upper section -1- with pliers and turning the securing sleeve -2- approximately 45° in the direction of -arrow A-.

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-- Press the securing sleeve all the way down as far as the stop to release it -arrow B-.

• The lower section -3- must be able to rotate.

-- To adjust, turn the upper and lower sections in opposite directions.

-- Adjust the release cable so that the release late -1- on the tunnel-side seat rail -3- just begins to raise.

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-- Check The Adjustment With A Feeler Gauge: 

• The 0.1 mm feeler must slide through all ends -arrows- of the release plate.
• The 0.3 mm feeler does not have to slide through a maximum of one end.

-- After adjusting the release cables perform a functionality test.

-- If it does not release or only releases partially, check release cable routing or repeat adjustment.

-- Re-engage the release cable adjuster.