outside door handle stuck

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Originally Posted by Bouchedag84

Holy mother of God this is impossible!
I've managed to remove the carrier but now I'm trying to put the new one in. I've got it in, however I cannot get it to align properly with the handle or the smaller part (triangular shape) handle. The carrier will just NOT align flush with the inside of the door. Either the front part (where the black notch of the handle twists into the carrier) aligns but then the back part of the handle will not align. I am going nuts. I've tried the old carrier and it won't align either. I'm at my wits end!

This might help from another thread:

LVP has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled - Door Lock Stuck - Fix with Pics!!! - in the X5 (E53) Forum forum of Xoutpost.com.

This thread is located at:
http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...-new-post.html

Here is the message that has just been posted:
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I just did this on the front passenger side. One thing to note that will help others. If you look at step 2 of the door handle carrier steps, you can see that as you remove the blank or the lock, there are small indents in the straight profiles of it. When re-installing, you need to insert the blank/lock as far as it will go, press the carrier tight from behind and slide the blank/lock towards the handle. So, squeeze together tight, slide blank/lock towards the handle. This will lock the two together in alignment, but it will also align properly to get that screw mentioned in step 8 of the first post to line up.

Hope that helps.
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Or read thread referenced above for more details. Good luck!