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51 23 265 Removing and installing/replacing left or right gas pressure spring for engine compartment lid

WARNING: Danger of injury and damage!
For the following tasks, you must take the appropriate measures to support the engine compartment lid.
As an alternative, you can enlist the help of a second person to hold the engine compartment lid.

Necessary preliminary tasks: 

Slide retaining spring (1) outwards.

Pull off gas pressure spring (1) from bottom ball head.

Fig 1: Sliding Retaining Spring Outwards
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Slide retaining spring (1) outwards.

Pull off gas pressure spring (2) from top ball head and feed out.

Fig 2: Pulling Off Gas Pressure Spring
G11147027Courtesy of BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.