Button In Handle, Moving Into Installation Position

Special Tools And Workshop Equipment Required 

• Locking Button Removal Tool T40203

PROCEDURE 

Fig 1: Turning Locking Ring

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• The locking button -2- projects out in its installation position in the handle.

If the locking button was pressed in, then it must be brought back to it installation position so that the handle -3- can be installed.

NOTE:

To improve the illustration, the handle is shown without the selector lever boot for the following steps.

Fig 2: Resetting Lock Button With Tool T40203

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-- Carefully install the Locking Button Removal Tool T40203 all the way into the handle -1-.

• The cut-out on the Locking Button Removal Tool T40203 faces the locking button and the hook toward the left.

-- Hold the handle -A- tighten and turn the Locking Button Removal Tool T40203 180° in direction of arrow -1-.

Fig 3: Resetting Lock Button With Tool T40203

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-- Hold the handle tight and carefully remove the Locking Button Removal Tool T40203 -arrow 2-.

• While the Locking Button Removal Tool T40203 is being removed, the locking button -A- on the handle will be pushed out and will lock.
  Fig 4: Resetting Lock Button With Tool T40203

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• Do not touch the locking button anymore before installing the handle so that the button does not fall back in.