How To Guide How to remove door latch and solenoid Z3

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another quick how to guide.

The breaker this came off the windows didn’t move so I smashed it, you don’t have to bae as extreme, I’d say you need to window up to free up the required space.

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So remove the three obvious torx screws/ bolts (T30)

Then I took the door handle off to free up the end of the joining rod, one single torx screw (T20) and turn the whole handle 180 degrees to release the rod’s loop.

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Tight squeeze to get the outside door handle stud off of the slider, you need to wiggle the latch from inside the door and use your other hand to lift the outer handle up and down. Funnily enough no picture of that stage!

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It’s then a case of wriggling free, to release the electrical socket you need to use a flat instrument to slide sideways and pull free.

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All done, hope it helps someone

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