Motor vehicle door lock with locking elements

In a motor-vehicle door holding a lock provided with actuating elements operable to lock the door, an actuating system comprising:

• an outside opening handle displaceable on the door;
• a pivot on the door;
• a first compensating lever pivotable on the pivot and having an outer end forming a seat;
• a first rod part having an outer end connected to the handle and an inner end bearing on the seat in a predetermined direction;
• a second rod part having an outer end connected to the lock actuating elements and an inner end;
• a second compensating lever pivotable on the pivot and having an outer end connected to the inner end of the second rod part;
• means including a spring braced between the levers for urging the outer ends thereof angularly apart with the outer end oE the first compensating lever bearing against the predetermined direction on the first rod-part inner end;
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• means accessible from outside the door for releasably fixing the levers together for joint pivoting, the fixing means being loosenable for relative pivoting of the levers.