51 48 060 Removing and installing/replacing sound insulation in left or right front door

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IMPORTANT: INSTRUCTIONS FOR SOUND INSULATION are an essential part of these repair instructions and must be followed without fail.
Do not detach sound insulation in jerks (risk of damage).
After every repair, check that the sound insulation is water-tight (water ingress).

Necessary preliminary tasks

Remove DOOR TRIM PANEL .

IMPORTANT: When cutting through sealing bead (1), do not damage sound insulation (2) and if necessary cable.
With a suitable sharp cutting tool (3) cut through sealing bead (1) of sound insulation (2) in the area to be detached.

Fig 1: Cutting Sound Insulation Sealing Bead Using Sharp Cutting Tool

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Position of sealing bead (1).

Unscrew retainers (4).

Feed out sound insulation (3) at cable (2) and remove.

Fig 2: Identifying Sealing Bead, Retainers, Sound Insulation And Cable

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Clean bonding area with adhesive remover (sourcing reference: BMW Parts Service).

Air drying time: 1 minute

IMPORTANT: Adhesive areas must be dry and free of dust and grease.
Once it has been cleaned, do not touch the adhesive area with bare hands.

NOTE: Replacement:
Lay 6 mm dia. butyl rope in specified adhesive area.
Heat butyl cord (hot air blower) and press down firmly on sound insulation all round.
Contact pressure with hand roller: approx. 20 N/cm²
Manual contact pressure: approx. 10 N/cm²

NOTE: Firm thumb pressure has approx. 30 N/cm²

NOTE: Position of butyl rope (1) on sound insulation (2).

Fig 3: Identifying Butyl Rope On Sound Insulation

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NOTE: A marking (2) is provided all round on the sound insulation (1).

Butyl rope (3) rests on or inside the marking (2).

Fig 4: Identifying Butyl Rope And Marking On Sound Insulation

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