I pulled the tumbler out of my 240D a few years back and cleaned each little leaf one by one. It wasn't that bad a job as I remember, other than you have to be VERY careful not to mix up the leaves, or lose any of the little springs. Years of elements and whatever grease the PO squirted in there can really tie up the tumbler. Mine doesn't actually work that great now (a little resistant), but it is a huge improvement over where it was before (couldn't get the key in). This is what it looked like when it came out:
Cleaned up:
If you do try to remove the tumbler, keep the key in it as you remove it (or as far in as the key will go) because otherwise all the leaves will fall out and get out of order ... mine didn't because they were so agglomerated in there ..
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