Glove Box door rig - My solution

[Warpdrv]

Well last year my glove box button totally fell apart and I never did anything with it as it was the end of the year. While I was installing my new LED lights I figured I'd see what I could do rather then get a whole new box.... Thought I'd share my idea.

I remembered that I had some small neodymium magnets laying around from a speaker/subwoofer build project. These suckers are super strong, very difficult to peel 2 of them apart....

So I glued the magnet to the underside of the lid with super glue (used a bit too much and made a mess) I lined up the magnet with the allen head screw that was present under the lid. FYI the factory (stainless )screw needs to be replaced with a steel screw as the magnet won't stick to it...

Works awesome.... As you can see the magnet is actually the perfect height and fits without making the lid stick up.... I thought I was going to need some washers under the screw, but with the power of the magnet it works just fine.

Magnet literally snaps the lid shut and hold tight....

Here is the type of magnets I had laying around....

https://www.parts-express.com/magnetic-grill-guides-0395-dia-x-02-h-8-pcs--329-045

 

[GeorgiaRoller]

Nice. I did almost the exact same fix to mine about 1-1/2yr ago. I actually like the magnet latch better. The electric controled plastic latch components are a fail anyways. Yamaha could have actually used some metal parts for a lockable storage unit. Oh well. lol

 

[huckstr]

Wonderful solution Warpdrv.

PM sent

Thanks in advance

 

[pista]

Great solution! PM sent. Thank You