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34 31 505 Removing and installing/replacing master brake cylinder for DSC

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Special tools required: 

Necessary preliminary work: 

After completing repair work: 

IMPORTANT: Before beginning work, fully press the brake pedal several times to reduce the vacuum pressure in the brake servo.
IMPORTANT: Do not bend brake lines.

Unfasten brake lines (1).

Installation note: 

Tightening torque: 34 32 1AZ .

Fig 1: Removing Brake Lines
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Close off brake lines and brake master cylinder with seal plugs 32 1 270 .

Release nuts (2) and feed brake master cylinder out of brake booster.

Installation note: 

Replace self-locking nuts.

Tightening torque: 34 31 1AZ .

Installation note: 

Replace sealing ring.

Fig 2: Identifying Sealing Ring
G04726654Courtesy of BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.

Installation note: 

When inserting the brake master cylinder (2) into the brake booster (1), make sure the pressure rod of the brake booster and that of the brake master cylinder meet each other on one level.

Fig 3: Identifying Brake Master Cylinder And Brake Booster
G04726655Courtesy of BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.