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Hey fellas,

Anyone have a issue with their gearbox opening when changing gears under power?

My last 3 R32's have all had the issue and it drives me insane and I'm yet to come up with a solution. I'm just about ready to tech screw the stupid thing closed forever :)

Any ideas/solutions???

Cheers

Simon

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Hey fellas,

Anyone have a issue with their gearbox opening when changing gears under power?

????

And no, never had a problem with the glovebox either!

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lol well played.

actually yes I have exactly the same issue.

in my race car the dash and glovebox are a little crooked from the cage install. As a result if I close the glovebox straight up it does not latch properly, but it looks like it is OK and stays closed until the launch. If you push it to the right when you close it, it is OK. which is a long way of saying....check it is latching properly. When closed properly it never comes open even crashes

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????

And no, never had a problem with the glovebox either!

LOL FUUUUUUUU

lol well played.

actually yes I have exactly the same issue.

in my race car the dash and glovebox are a little crooked from the cage install. As a result if I close the glovebox straight up it does not latch properly, but it looks like it is OK and stays closed until the launch. If you push it to the right when you close it, it is OK. which is a long way of saying....check it is latching properly. When closed properly it never comes open even crashes

Yeah the latch seems to leave a few mm gap when it is in the "closed" position... When enough force is added (through brutal gear changes) it just squeezes through the gap.

The latch isn't opening, just dodgy clearances... DAMN NISSANS

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I've had this problem. Bought a new glovebox and realised it didn't fix the issue so I just grabbed some pliers and bent some things in the latch... :mellow: It stays shut now

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do the gloveboxes in the 32 slide into place (can you remove them by opening then pulling them up, or something like that). if you can, then it may be worth looking at pulling it out and putting a bit of plastic or cardboard at the bottom of the slot that it sits it so that the glovebox sits higher. this should make the latch have better contact. or have a look at the latch and see if can be moved up at all.

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I've had this problem. Bought a new glovebox and realised it didn't fix the issue so I just grabbed some pliers and bent some things in the latch... :mellow: It stays shut now

Thanks for the idea, I just got a set of plyers and bent the f**k out of it!

Now seems to latch and hold :)

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