51 22 235 Removing And Installing/Replacing Bowden Cable For Inside Door Opener On Left Or Right Rear Door

Necessary preliminary tasks: 

• Remove door trim panel

  See REMOVING AND INSTALLING LEFT OR RIGHT FRONT DOOR TRIM PANEL  and REMOVING AND INSTALLING LEFT OR RIGHT REAR DOOR TRIM PANEL .

Feed out Bowden cable:

• Feed out Bowden cable sleeve towards bottom (1).
• Feed out Bowden cable towards top (2).

Unclip Bowden cable (3).

Fig 1: Removing Bowden Cable Sleeve And Bowden Cable

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