Ahh, good point. Now a cowrkr also ran by me that i could possibly try gorilla glue, again with that i wud have to keep pressure on the dash till it dries.

 

Another idea was to perhaps brace the dash? And being im only loose on the driver side id only really hav to focus on securing that end. Any thoughts? I really appr. the feedback =D

 

I had 2 broken tabs. Removed the screws under the wiper plastic cover. Got a can of spray foam insulation. Inserted the tube into the screw hole and shot some foam in. The foam expands and hardens, no more squeaks.

 

I actually thought about doing that but chickened out. LOL

 

 

Recently after damaging my dashboard I found a replacement at a parts recycle yard. Two of the tabs were broken off and a third was cracked. All the pieces were large and not missing. I used "plastic welding" to reattach the parts to the dash. Please search on the web for plastic welding. On youtube I found this video instructive,


There are other videos as well.

I purchased a 30 watt soldering iron from Harbor Freight. I cut off the shaft of a cheap small screw driver to create a flat welding tip for the iron. I also used black as well as "clear" tie wraps for sources of filler material.

The repairs look ugly but it is much less work than using epoxy (my previous repair). I have to swap out the bastardized harness on this dash with one from my left over dash. I will let you know how long the repair holds up. Flexing the repair by hand the repair seems strong. Remember this is a compression stressed attachment on the car.

The screw holder was somewhat tedious as you must slowly build up the material. I will drill a pilot hole for the screw so as not to crack the repair.

Good Luck.

1998 S70-T5 201,000 miles