door carrier handle carrier OEM or not?

[andrewwynn]

Don't put anything in place of broken missing part. The wedge/shim goes on the other side. Steel zip tie needs minor tweak to double wrap. Single wrap might work ok.

https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0S5p3ich2Nfrc

Look at the photo album turn on captions the first couple pictures itt shows the modification needed to double wrap the steel zip tie.

It also shows step by step how to fix.. of course left vs. right side is mirror image.

[omodos]

Originally Posted by andrewwynn

Don't put anything in place of broken missing part. The wedge/shim goes on the other side. Steel zip tie needs minor tweak to double wrap. Single wrap might work ok.

https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0S5p3ich2Nfrc

Look at the photo album turn on captions the first couple pictures itt shows the modification needed to double wrap the steel zip tie.

It also shows step by step how to fix.. of course left vs. right side is mirror image.

Dear sir that is MAGIC! pictures do wonders rather than me bleat on with words....my questioning of where shim goes how to double wrap steel tie...all in pics great....my only wonder is if you prefer the drilling option and threading wire through and around the rod to keep in place, rather than cable tie...gonna see if i can do both but reckon space will be limited...here are pics of the drill tactic as you can see the wire is twisted to secure it after it is threaded through drill hole location (in green) and was wondering here about clearances you see? the twisted bit does poke out a bit from actual surface of carrier on one side...ps pic 2 offending nib is highlighted blue that can be chopped off yes?

[omodos]

Originally Posted by andrewwynn

Don't put anything in place of broken missing part. The wedge/shim goes on the other side. Steel zip tie needs minor tweak to double wrap. Single wrap might work ok.

https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0S5p3ich2Nfrc

Look at the photo album turn on captions the first couple pictures itt shows the modification needed to double wrap the steel zip tie.

It also shows step by step how to fix.. of course left vs. right side is mirror image.

Andrew hi, good to put a voice to a brain/master of e53 diy fixes via the stuff you uploaded, ok right steel cable ties I was able to tweak as per you post to allow double loop so double strength, all good so far, now the self destruct tab as you call it highlighted in light blue , the mechansim that in you pics you remove altogether we confident it doesn't affect either the central locking or for example locking car direct via the door lock with key physically? Tad confused as in other posts i swear I saw that the little nib pointed to by magenta arrow was what has been chopped off by some....and if that is the case anyone here had any negative effects on open lock close doors?