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Rear Fender Liner: Service and Repair




51 71 041 - Removing and installing/replacing rear left or right wheel arch cover





Necessary preliminary tasks:
- Remove rear wheel Removing or Installing Front or Rear Wheel
- If necessary, disconnect and feed out plug connection on brake pad sensor

Note:
The operation is described on the left side; proceed in the same way for the right side.
Illustration created using E60 as an example. There may be differences in detail in the case of other vehicle models.





Release screws (1, 3 and 5).
Unscrew nuts (2).
Release expansion rivet (4).
Carefully feed out rear wheel arch cover towards bottom.

Installation:
Make sure rear wheel arch cover is correctly seated.