[DML] Re: glove box

["Matt Spittle" <supermatty@xxxxxxx>]

This is the procedure I used to fix my glove box:

- Attach the 2 bolts & nuts that hold the bottom part of the latch, 
LOOSELY to
the fiberglass.

- LOOSELY attach the upper portion of the latch with the single 
phillips screw. 

- With your glove box hinges SEMI-LOOSELY attached, go ahead and try 
to close the glove box so that it latches.  This will likely require 
you manipulate moving the lid around as well as moving the upper 
part of the lower latch (the part that attaches with the phillips 
screw) with your hand.  With your third hand, go ahead and squeeze 
the latch release buttons together on the lid to facilitate getting 
the damn thing to latch, period.  

- If you're good, you've got it latched, and all of the fasteners 
are loose.  

- Tighten up the 2 bolts that hold the lower part of the latch.  
This part of the adjustment is done.

- Open the lid again, and tighten the hinges so that the lid sits 
well on the dash.  This takes some eyeballing.  

- Now the most critical part, adjusting the upper part of the lower 
latch (where the phillips screw attaches).  This seems to be the 
difference between a box that latches shut and doesn't.  You've 
gotta move it up and down and all around, finding the sweet spot, 
tightening it each time, until you find a magical position where you 
can close the lid and it will latch.  

-Reinstall passenger side kneepad.  If you did all of the above 
correctly, this will reinforce this area of the dash and it will 
latch even better than while the kneepad was still not installed.  

Hope it helps.


Matt
#1604





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