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  See 51 21 170 REMOVING AND INSTALLING OR REPLACING OUTSIDE HANDLE FROM LEFT OR RIGHT FRONT DOOR 

Driver's side only: 

• Remove door lock  on front door. See 51 21 090 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING DOOR LOCK IN LEFT OR RIGHT FRONT DOOR 

Feed out Bowden cable towards bottom.

Fig 1: Identifying Bowden Cable

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Installation: 

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

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

Fig 2: Identifying Bowden Cable & Fiber 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 Feed Out Carrier Guide

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Installation: 

Make sure guides are correctly fed in.

Fig 4: Locating Guides

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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: Identifying Bowden Cable Actuating Lever

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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 Bowden Cables With Blue Sealing Caps

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