28L Top Case Disassembly Help - To Remove Lock Cylinder

natrab said:

Ah, the old tutorial on how to do this is down. It's really pretty simple though and you don't have to disassemble the case. You need to open up the little button thingy that sits above the lock cylinder (highlighted in red):

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From there, the trick is to tape a straightened paperclip to the end of a screw driver, and then bend the end into an L-shape. This you will put down that little hole to press in the pin that retains the lock cylinder in its hole. You can shine a small flashlight down there to see where it sits. You will also need a key or something in the lock barrel to help pull it out. I think it needs to be in the unlocked position for this to work, but it may need to be moved to the locked position.

In that case, try different keys until you find one that works (sometimes a BMW dealership has extra keys lying around for this). Out of three keys I found one that worked on mine which allowed me to remove the cylinder and re-key it to my key.

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