JohnR Posted October 10, 2006 Report Posted October 10, 2006 One of the silly plastic hinges is broken. Do you have to press out the roll pins to remove it, or is there a different way? Also, it looks like the breakage is the eyelet where it attaches to the lid. Is it an integral part of the lid? If so it'll probably cost the earth so i'll try to bodge it. Failing that, I'll glue the poxy thing down! John Quote
AndeeeH Posted October 10, 2006 Report Posted October 10, 2006 One of the silly plastic hinges is broken. Do you have to press out the roll pins to remove it, or is there a different way? Also, it looks like the breakage is the eyelet where it attaches to the lid. Is it an integral part of the lid? If so it'll probably cost the earth so i'll try to bodge it. Failing that, I'll glue the poxy thing down! John Yes you have to press the roll pins out, yes it is an integral part of the lid, yes it will cost the earth from a dealer so breaker or Ebay is your best bet. Be gentle when you put the pins back in or you could be back to square one!! :wacko: Andy. Quote
JohnR Posted October 11, 2006 Author Report Posted October 11, 2006 One of the silly plastic hinges is broken. Do you have to press out the roll pins to remove it, or is there a different way? Also, it looks like the breakage is the eyelet where it attaches to the lid. Is it an integral part of the lid? If so it'll probably cost the earth so i'll try to bodge it. Failing that, I'll glue the poxy thing down! John Yes you have to press the roll pins out, yes it is an integral part of the lid, yes it will cost the earth from a dealer so breaker or Ebay is your best bet. Be gentle when you put the pins back in or you could be back to square one!! ;) Andy. OK sorted it all out now. 3 screws to remove the tray and lid, then use a 2.5mm drill bit in pistol drill on reverse....that winds in the scroll pins so they pop out easily. Next, I made a new eyelet out of a piece of 1/2 x 1/2 x 1/8 aluminium angle, traced around it and dremelled out a pocket in the lid. Some Vantico 2015 araldite to pot it in securely alongside the existing (broken) eyelet, then glue a 4mm dowel into the mating plastic fork. Re-assemble and Bobs your auntie! ;) John (the artful bodger!) Quote
Guest neil_wiles Posted October 11, 2006 Report Posted October 11, 2006 This is all pretty good but where are the pictures and step by step instructions as I am sure probably 50% of us have the same issue with one or both of the dam Lids Quote
JohnR Posted October 11, 2006 Author Report Posted October 11, 2006 This is all pretty good but where are the pictures and step by step instructions as I am sure probably 50% of us have the same issue with one or both of the dam Lids OK.....I'll try to dig out the dig cam...once I've sourced a new aircon compressor (see other thread) and got it fitted :-( John Quote
JohnR Posted October 12, 2006 Author Report Posted October 12, 2006 This is all pretty good but where are the pictures and step by step instructions as I am sure probably 50% of us have the same issue with one or both of the dam Lids OK.....I'll try to dig out the dig cam...once I've sourced a new aircon compressor (see other thread) and got it fitted :-( John A few pictures. The adhesive used is one that I have at work (Araldite 2015, RS stock code 388-9036) and is extremely strong but a 24 hr cure. Even so, glueing to the inside surface of the lid is probably not strong enough. Hence I chased out a 3mm deep pocket in the underside of the lid, and then bonded the hand made bracket into it. Probably stronger than the original. Afterwards (not shown) I dressed off the excess and applied a bit of black paint. Cheers, John Quote
Guest gooner52 Posted October 12, 2006 Report Posted October 12, 2006 kool it looks like it done the job well good :) Quote
XRS Posted March 16, 2011 Report Posted March 16, 2011 I have a similar issue on my wife's Galaxy. Two of the hinges have broken (hamfisted passenger) and the dealer wants Quote
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