51 22 126 Removing and installing/replacing carrier for outside door handle on left or right rear door

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Necessary preliminary tasks:

Remove rear outside handle, refer to 51 22 170 REMOVING AND INSTALLING / REPLACING OUTSIDE HANDLE ON LEFT OR RIGHT BACK DOOR

Release screw (1).

Fig 1: Feeding Carrier Out Of Guide

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Feed carrier out of guide (2) and lower at front downwards.

Installation:

Make sure guides are correctly fed in.

Fig 2: Identifying Guides

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Remove carrier through handle opening.

Fig 3: Removing Carrier Through Handle Opening

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Protect door outer skin (e.g. cleaning cloth).

Feed fiber optics cable out of clip (1).

Fig 4: Locating Clips

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

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).

Position of clip on Bowden cable:

2 = small hole side

Fig 5: Fitting Clip On Bowden Cables With Blue Sealing Caps

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