My glovebox is broken on the one end, sometimes pops open. I can get it to stay if I press up and slam it shut. This is one of those little things that anoys you about your car and did nothing to fix over the years. I want to know a cheap way to fix it without replacing the whole thing. I can see the plastic part where it's broken off. Anyone suggest anything that I could do to repair this?

 

what year?

 

93 dx

 

Are you talking about one of the hinges? or stoppers? or the lock itself?

 

It's the left hinge.

 

I'll look at mine tomorrow and will see if I can come up with some idea

 

thanks

 

Post a picture of and we will see what we can do.

 

I looked at it. I am assuming your hinge broke out of the box itself.

If you have all the pieces, you can try to glue them together. And you can try to fabricate a bandage out of a steel stripe and screw it to the box to strengthen glued parts.

Otherwise you can fabricate a new hinge half out of a steel or aluminum angle, and screw it to the box.

Either way you are going to spoil the look somewhat, and I doubt you can get anywhere close to the original strength. I think your best bet would be a local junk yard.

 

just get a used glove box from a junkyard for 10 bucks and it should still have the tabs/laches that broke..