I have the dreaded spinning door lock on my driver's side.
I bought a new catch assembly.
But my door handles/surrounds are painted body color.
I was hoping to be able to swap my painted lever over to the new assembly, but unfortunately it seems to be assembled with a long rivet of some type.
Now, not sure what to do. I'm guessing I could try to get all those little pieces out from under the "T" and move them over to old assembly? But not sure how to pry them out.
Can't find the rivet part info online either.
Any ideas?
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Last edited by CLOWN5HOE; 06-22-2019 at 02:30 PM.
Do you need to remove the pin that holds the cylinder together?
https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/s...ur-current-key
BMW MOA 696, BMW CCA 1405
One end looks hollow. Could that be an allen or torx plug that unscrews to allow removal of the long black pin?
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BMW MOA 696, BMW CCA 1405
It appears to me to be the mushroomed head of a rivet. I think that whole long black rod in one piece and the end is rivet'd over to keep it in place.
It feels/looks like black plastic, but a magnet stuck to it and I scratched it with an X-acto and it was silver metal underneath the black.
I fished around in the base of my door and was able to find all the parts that had fallen out of my tumbler assembly. There really is no other place for the parts to go. Then it was just a matter of reassmbly, staking the cover back down and JB Weld.
That would be the best option and then you can keep your new handle intact.
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There are also drain holes in the bottom of the door. I was able to find the spring (in the seam), but the rest fell out the holes.
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OK, I got this pretty much all back together, but have a question about RealOEM part # 5122187032 (#15 in the diagram).
I ordered one of these, but I don't think I need it. In fact, the RealOEM diagram doesn't match exactly. I do have the larger white piece #26 in the diagram, but my #6 wire linkage is a different shape too.
#26 connects directly to my linkage without the need of #15 I think.
Am I missing something?
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