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11 Glove Box
Has anyone found an easy way of replacing the gas strut which opens the glove box lid ? Taking most of
the dashboard out seems awfully long-winded, is there a short cut ??
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I have sucessfully replaced the gas strut in the glove compartment. It is however a very fiddly job, I did it
because my glove compartment opening lever had broken as well!
The glove compartment comes out as single piece - including the strut. Remove 4 screws - two at the
front lip of the compartment and two at the back.
Before you can remove the ones at the back, you have to take out the screws at the top of the gas strut
so the the compartment lid opens up more.
You can now lever the whole of the glove compartment out (carefully)! The locating lugs on the sides
can be troublesome.
Half way out, you need to stop and disconnect the electrical connection to the glove compartment light!
- this is actually underneath!
Getting it back in is more difficult! It must be placed just right otherwise the opening mechanism does
not engage properly and may break. I resorted to swearing and hefty thumps with my fist! The problem
is getting all the lugs on the sides and back to all go over the metal lip together.
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