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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 06:58 PM
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I have a glove box door that is making me frustrated.

The bolts that hold the door to the hinge appear to be stripped in the middle and on one side.

When you get the door adjusted and close it seems fine at first. But later the one side will sag.

Even with tinted windows if I am standing behind the car I can notice it is not level.

Can I drill this out and put in a larger bolt? Any other ideas?
Old Jan 21, 2009 | 07:09 PM
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I dont remember how they were bolted up since my car has been apart for a while but could you access the back side and put a nut on the bolts that are there or get longer ones to fit a nut on.
Old Jan 21, 2009 | 07:21 PM
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No because the bolts are the ones that attach to the back of the door and hold it on the hinge.

To go all the way through would put the nuts on the front of the door.
Old Jan 21, 2009 | 07:25 PM
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I misunderstood you. You could try a heli coil.
Old Jan 21, 2009 | 07:33 PM
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Weld it in place
Old Jan 22, 2009 | 05:22 PM
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Try Loctite Form-A-Thread stripped thread repair. I bet that would work. Here's a couple of links:

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

http://www.henkel.com/cps/rde/xchg/h...5_COE_HTML.htm
Old Jan 22, 2009 | 05:33 PM
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The bolts are stripped, or the threaded holes the bolts go into? If it's the bolts, 5 minutes at the hardware store in the bolt area will solve your problem.
Old Jan 22, 2009 | 06:31 PM
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Duct tape time! J/K
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