Glovebox handle...

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fairzy

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My Newly bought Z4 came with a broken glovebox handle. I managed to put it back together by using a wire coat hanger to replace the missing pins but the mechanism is very loose. Ideally I'd like to replace the handle but they seem quite hard to come by. Does anyone know of they're shared with another BMW?
 
I've been speaking with Jamie at Soper who said that a new handle comes without the lock barrel so you need to swap them over. Sounds like a fiddly job though so might be one for the stealer, unless anyone has got a workshop manual with instructions in they could share?
 
fairzy said:
I've been speaking with Jamie at Soper who said that a new handle comes without the lock barrel so you need to swap them over. Sounds like a fiddly job though so might be one for the stealer, unless anyone has got a workshop manual with instructions in they could share?
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Get yourself a copy of TIS from ebay, only a fiver, it's a BMW workshop manual before you ask.
 
It just fell off on it's own guv!

Yep got in to the car this afternoon and it was ROASTING, looked down and the glove box handle had fallen off complete with lock and a spring! I haven't had a chance to check it out yet but I'm assuming something has over-expanded and come loose, or plastic fatigued?

Anyway I will have to ring Sopers for a new one, I've got a TIS and I assume it can't be too difficult even to change the lock over, is it?
 
Stuart Truman said:
Ewazix said:
Dangerous-Dave said:
Changing the lock is easy. Get hold of navid.v's and d the old switch-a-roo. :thumbsup:
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Sounds like a plan, cheers :thumbsup:
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Holy thread revival Batman! Navid.v hasn't been around for a while
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See what you mean, the great wheel saga! http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=38147&p=525574#p525574
Butterfly effect, someone did a little :scratchhead: on one thread, a quick :poke: and months later someone on the other side of the country misses out on a cheap handle :headbang:
 
Dangerous-Dave said:
Wow, just seen how old the original thread is.
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Yea I know it's the latest I could find about busted glove box handles, I thought it was better to keep it in one place and people to refer to it :|
 
I think Foxy-stoat has a glove box for sale.

http://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=54270#p790351
 
Just to close the circle on this one if anybody gets the same problem, when I got down to it I found the hinge pins has worked loose hence the handle fell off.

It's a fiddle to re-assemble with the small spring. If like me you cant find a hinge pin, it's a thin scroll pin and has slipped back inside the hinge tube so is hidden from view, only discovered having hung upside down and searched the footwell / under seats with a magnet for AGES :headbang:

Still at least it's a zero cost repair.
 
Sorry to bring up an old thread but can anyone clarify for me if items 10 and 12 are required at both sides of the glove box? I have a 2007 Z4C and the hinges at both sides have completely snapped!
 
fu140 said:
Sorry to bring up an old thread but can anyone clarify for me if items 10 and 12 are required at both sides of the glove box? I have a 2007 Z4C and the hinges at both sides have completely snapped!
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Don't worry about it, I'm not sure why people criticise old technical threads being resurrected, surely better to develop the info in one topic rather than keep re-inventing the wheel? ...........anyway,

The link in the 2nd post has a parts diagram and if you scroll down lists how many of each part is required (2 x part 10 and 1 x part 12) which appears to be the total required for the glovebox unit :thumbsup:

diagram link http://bmwfans.info/parts-catalog/E85/Europe/Z4_2.5i-M54/R-N/apr2004/browse/vehicle_trim/glove_box
 
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