52 14 209 Removing and installing carrier plate for rear monitor

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Special tools required:

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Necessary preliminary work

Remove REAR MONITOR .

Release tacker in marked area from carrier plate (1).

Remove clamps (2) at top left and right.

Fig 1: Identifying Carrier Plate And Clamps

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Unscrew nuts (1).

Remove carrier plate (2).

Fig 2: Identifying Carrier Plate And Nuts

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Installation:

Mount head restraint to pretension backrest cover.

The seam of the backrest cover must not be wavy and must be flush with the backrest frame top edge.

Align backrest cover centrally.

Tack backrest cover with pneumatic tacker (sourcing reference: see BMW workshop equipment) front inside outwards to carrier plate (1).

/ Tacker on carrier plate at top.

4 Tacker on left and right in side area.

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Backrest cover must not show any folds.