Red14 Posted July 9, 2023 Report Share Posted July 9, 2023 Good Morning all, My wife has a 2012 Lincoln MKX and when I finished replacing the cabin air filter, I noticed that the glove box is misaligned. The right side seems lower than the left side of the glove box. I was tempted to remove the assembly, but I am worried I'll break something further since the glove box is discontinued. Could it be the mount bolts or is the glove box damaged? I could only post one picture so I figured this would be the most helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted July 10, 2023 Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 Welcome to the Forum, Red14 ! Here is your second photo, showing the extent of the glovebox door's misalignment... Link to high-res Glove Box - Exploded View illustration which can be zoomed and scrolled in Web Browser... Perhaps you have already noticed the white-colored hinge pins visible in your photo, located on the Glove Box door's left and right side (red arrows)... Ford's online parts-selling site shows a black-plastic version of these removable pins, which are spit with retaining lugs that lock the pin in place upon insertion... This Workshop Manual CAD illustration, with the Glove Box Door removed, shows the combination of two removable Hinge Retainer Pins and a fixed-in-place rod upon which the two Glove Box Door's middle hinge arms rotate... While these photos of my 2015 MKX's Glove Box Door hinge details are more than a bit blurry, they show the middle hinge arms are open on the bottom... ...while the outer left & right side hinge arms fully enclose the removable Retainer Pins... ...which are locked in place by the outboard-facing retaining lugs... All of this indicates that removing the outboard Retainer Pins allows the middle hinge arms to move upward off the fixed-in-place rod, and the Glove Box Door can then be removed. Good luck! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red14 Posted July 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Haz said: Welcome to the Forum, Red14 ! Good luck! Thank you so much for the welcome! I appreciate it! Very detailed response. How do I go about removing the white pins? Also, how do I go about reinstalling the new ones? Edited July 10, 2023 by 1004ron No need to quote, and if you do there's no need to quote everything ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted July 10, 2023 Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 (edited) Embarking on what I hoped would be non-destructive testing, I expected to use a pair of fisherman's needle-nose pliers to compress the lug-ends of the pin to allow its withdrawal, but there's no room for that. Trying to rotate the Retaining Pin in its installed position also brought no result -- the slot in the head flanges apparently keys the pin in place, radially, on a rib in the unobserved structure... Working entirely by feel with the Glove Box Door closed, pushing on one of the lugs with my finger revealed the split-pin end was surprisingly soft & springy. I decided it was worth taking the chance to just laterally pull the pin out. My initial attempt using the finger paddle was difficult, so I decided to insert the needle-nose plier into the thru-hole of the pin head... ...and the pin came out of the structure & hinge arm rather easily. Putting the pin back in place -- again only by feel with the Glove Box Door closed -- allowed the pin to go as far as the hinge arm hole, but then there was resistance. I unlatched the Glove Box Door and let it hang open on the slow-open damper string attachment, and then the pin moved easily the rest of the way into place. I only removed the right-side Retaining Pin, but the left side should be just as easy a task, with each pin withdrawing from the structure toward the middle of the Glove Box Door. Removing the damper-string should then allow the entire Glove Box -- door & tray assembly -- to be removed from the Instrument Panel. You can then assess the condition of the Retaining Pins and mating structures, toward determining the cause of the Glove Box Door misalignment. Good luck! Edited July 10, 2023 by Haz 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red14 Posted July 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 Thank you very, very much! Parts have been ordered! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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