E24 Door Lock Detailed Tear-down & Rebuild Instructions

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TimU
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E24 Door Lock Detailed Tear-down & Rebuild Instructions

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There are very few detailed instructions on how to remove, tear-down and rebuild an E24 door lock, so I made a video.

BMW E24 635CSi
Door Lock / Door Barrel / Door Key / Door Latch
Detailed Tear-down & Rebuild Instructions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqOq75Kf-pw

Fair warning: It's pretty dry content. 30 mins talking about door locks is definitely not what I'd call "entertainment", but I hope it's useful to someone trying to remove or rebuild their door locks.
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Re: E24 Door Lock Detailed Tear-down & Rebuild Instructions

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Excellent!
This was a bit of a bedeviling job the first time I did it.
I think I posted some pics and info on it, but your video does a much better job and will be very helpful to those tackling it for the first time. [-o<
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Fantastic video Tim. Thanks for posting. I have not had any issues with mine so far, but it's nice to know there are clear instructions available if it does occur.

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Great video to get some insight on how it all goes together =D>

My driver's door lock/cylinder made very funny noises last time I unlocked it, sounded like stuff was falling into the door and now the cylinder is spinning and half loose. At least now I have a good idea on what might have happened/broken inside.

As for the repair, we'll see how that goes and if any broken parts are still available or NLA #-o
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Awsome video
Really helps seeing how things are connected before starting pulling pushing twisting. Most Things are pretty brittle on a 30+/- yr car.
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I spent many hours trying to get mine back together. I received it apart and have many extra parts as well as missing parts. This video was the only one that made it clear. Now, unfortunately, I seem to be missing the L-shaped clip that holds the lock on as well as the tiny spring and ball two ball bearings and the larger spring. Most of the repair kits I see online seem slightly different and don't seem to contain the L-shaped clip. Do they use another method of securing the lock piece on the back of the tumbler?
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