ZR6 cup hooler lid issue

[argie]

Gday guys: I got a quick question may be someone have encountered the same issue :(

The lid in the center console where the cups holder go -LHS of the shifter just opens half way to about 45 degree angle. It was working fine until a month ago.

Since i don't want to break anything, any help would be appreciated.

cheers

Argie

[SCOOTA44]

Gday guys: I got a quick question may be someone have encountered the same issue :(

The lid in the center console where the cups holder go -LHS of the shifter just opens half way to about 45 degree angle. It was working fine until a month ago.

Since i don't want to break anything, any help would be appreciated.

cheers

Argie

have a poke around there may be something caught in the cogs, it would only take a very small object to jam it up.

[httttt]

Quoting the man him self.

Mine jams up on its own every so often. You would be pressing at it non stop and it would just go nowhere. Narrowed the issue down to the mechanism that controls the lock on it and the little plastic tabs that are on the inside. I will take some photos to show you.

Edit: Now this first issue is probably not your problem because you mentioned that you probably have a pen stuck in there. My second set of photos should help out with that. But it is not jammed with a pen and you are having the issue I get, then these photos will show the problem areas. I'm never good with written instructions, but I will try.

Firstly, try to open it like shown in my first photo. Push gently with your index finger, then forcefully with your thumb. It it manages to release it and you find nothing blocking it, then inspect to ensure the surface is smooth inside as shown in photo 2. If not, you will need to pull the console out and make sure it is smooth from behind like photo 3 and not misaligned like photo 4. Then you just need to spray some kind of lubricant (silicone spray works well) into the channels shown on photo 2 as you can see the plastic tabs which slide along them in photo 5.

If everything appeared aligned when you had a look in the space shown in photo 2, you can simply just spray some lubricant in there without removing the console and saving a little bit of time and effort.

Or you can do the following, and while you are at it, spray some lubricant in the channels I mentioned earlier. Just remove the 4 screws as shown then everything will come out.

[argie]

mate, what else can i say, top reply , much appreciated. ;)

i'm heading off to the garage and see whats going on and i'll report back again.

stay tuned.

cheers and thanks

Argie

[argie]

Back from the garage: found a black pen at the bottom of it , problem solved!!

thank you very much

Cheers

Argie

[DJKOR]

Thanks Jeff. Always makes me feel good to know that others have remembered what I have given an answer to or do a search.

Just shows that it always helps to search. This was also one of those threads with a clear title that you can't miss.

On topic though, my cup holder lid had been jamming up fairly often before and I have now found a solution for it. When I get the chance to do so, I will post it in the other thread since that was what was started. It came down to one little piece of spring metal.

[Steven]

that damn cupholder has extremely fine clearances - so does the whole center console actually. Real PITA sometimes