51 24 065 Removing And Installing / Replacing BOWDEN Cable For Manual Rear Lid Unlocking

Necessary preliminary tasks: 

• Remove side trim panel. See REAR SIDE TRIM PANEL (COOPER/COOPER S)  or REAR SIDE TRIM PANEL (JCW GP) .
• Detach BOWDEN CABLE FOR MANUAL REAR LID LOCK UNLOCKING .

Removing Bowden cable for manual rear lid unlocking: 

Fig 1: Identifying Pull Eye, Cable Holder, Bowden Cable And Rear Lid Lock

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Feed Bowden cable (2) out of cable holders (3 and 4).

Unclip Bowden cable (2) from pull eye (1).

Lever grommet (3) out of holder (4) and feed out.

Fig 2: Removing Grommet From Holder

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