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, refer to 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, refer to 51 21 090 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING DOOR LOCK IN LEFT OR RIGHT FRONT DOOR 

Feed out Bowden cable towards bottom.

Fig 1: Feeding Out Bowden Cable

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Installation: 

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

Fig 2: Routing Bowden Cable & Fibre Optics Cable

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

Release screw (1).

Fig 3: Removing Carrier

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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

Installation: 

Make sure guides are correctly fed in.

Fig 4: Identifying 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).

Fig 6: Removing Carrier

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If necessary, withdraw Bowden cable sleeve (2) with clip (3) from retaining fixture.

Feed Bowden cable out of actuating lever (4).

Remove carrier.

Installation: 

Clip is on fitted on Bowden cables with blue sealing caps (1).

Fig 7: Identifying Clip

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Position of clip on Bowden cable:

2 = small hole side