51 21 125 Removing And Installing/Replacing Carrier For Left Or Right Outside Door Handle With Lock Cylinder

Necessary preliminary tasks: 

• Remove FRONT OUTSIDE HANDLE 

Driver's side only: 

• Remove DOOR LOCK  on front door

Feed out Bowden cable towards bottom.

Fig 1: Feeding Out Bowden Cable Towards Bottom

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Installation: 

Bowden cable (1) and fibre optics cable (2) must be routed below bridge (3).

No fibre optics cable is fitted from build date 09/2004.

Fig 2: Identifying Bowden Cable And Fibre Optics Cable

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Release screw (1).

Feed carrier out of guide (2).

Removing carrier:

• Turn front section of carrier downwards and lower
• Slide front section forwards slightly and turn upwards
• Lift out carrier
  Fig 3: Identifying Guide

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Installation: 

Make sure guides are correctly fed in.

Fig 4: Locating Guide

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Note on installation (driver's side only): 

Make sure sealing ring (1) is correctly clipped into place.

Fig 5: Identifying Sealing Ring

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Protect door outer skin (e.g. cleaning cloth).

Feed fiber optics cable out of clip (1).

If necessary, withdraw Bowden cable sleeve (2) with clip (3) from retaining fixture.

Feed Bowden cable out of actuating lever (4).

Remove carrier.

Fig 6: Removing Bowden Cable Sleeve With Clip From Retaining Fixture

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Installation: 

Clip is on fitted on Bowden cables with blue sealing caps (1).

Position of clip on Bowden cable:

2 = small hole side

Fig 7: Identifying Sealing Caps

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