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Door handle swap and sensor removal

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[/quote]Lining up the barrel lock as in trying to get the torx screw into it through the side of the door?[/QUOTE]

No not the screw, that’s easy enough. I’m having trouble lining up the end of the arm that is attached to the key lock into the other side of the door. It has a slot which the arm goes into but when I insert the lock the arm drops down and it’s a nightmare to line it up. Was wondering if I was missing something or if it was just trial and error. I’ll give it another go later. Just rolling around with non functional key lock at the moment as the arm is just dangling somewhere inside the door ?.
 
Replaced my handle sensors today and all is working good. Had a little trouble with getting the handle back around the latch. First one I used some wire to hold the latch and clip the handle back on. Second one I figured out that you can retain the latch with the locking contraption inside the handle. Made a little video showing this here:
https://youtu.be/kM8f-dOMerg

Only problem I am having is getting the barrel lock working on the drivers side. I just can’t line it up. Can anyone give me some tips? Am I missing a inspection hole or something?

Audi S5 2008

Cheers.