Glovebox damper fault

petrieboy · 03-26-2008, 03:34 PM

my glovebox has suddenly lost it's dampened action. now when you open it, it falls open suddenly rather than opening gently.
ive popped off the side panel revealing what i think is the damper (see pic) but theres nothing obviously wrong with it. am i looking at the right thing, or am i going to have to remove the whole glovebox?

**Badger61** · 03-26-2008, 05:31 PM

It's usually the little pin that comes out when the damper siezes up but that looks attached ok, you can replace the damper without removing the glovebox, pull the pin out, disconnect the wiring and turn the damper round a bit more and it comes out of it's housing.

03-26-2008, 03:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
petrieboy Newbie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: herts Posts: 1 Gallery: (0)	Glovebox damper fault my glovebox has suddenly lost it's dampened action. now when you open it, it falls open suddenly rather than opening gently. ive popped off the side panel revealing what i think is the damper (see pic) but theres nothing obviously wrong with it. am i looking at the right thing, or am i going to have to remove the whole glovebox? Last edited by petrieboy : 03-26-2008 at 03:37 PM. Reason: added pic

03-26-2008, 05:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
Badger61 Super Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 320 Gallery: (0)	It's usually the little pin that comes out when the damper siezes up but that looks attached ok, you can replace the damper without removing the glovebox, pull the pin out, disconnect the wiring and turn the damper round a bit more and it comes out of it's housing. __________________

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