Creaking sound in dashboard

sealuva · Post by **sealuva** » 23 Jan 2012, 08:17

I know this has been addressed somewhere, but I've spent too much time looking. I've had this darn creeking sounds coming from the dashboard, all over the place. Like dry plastic on plastic rubbing together. What can I do to aleveate this? It's driving me nuts. Thanks

Post by **jblackburn** » 23 Jan 2012, 08:46

That's how I deal with it.

Or, on a more serious note, you'll have to fix the mounts:
https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums ... hp?t=15115

sealuva · Post by **sealuva** » 23 Jan 2012, 08:58

That write up confused the heck out of me..

Post by **jblackburn** » 23 Jan 2012, 09:26

What's confusing? Basically, the dash has to be removed re: the evaporator replacement tutorial Lee linked to. Then he went about reinforcing the crappy plastic mounts with metal strips to keep the dash from moving around and squeaking/clicking/rattling.

It's NOT a small job for a small, annoying problem.

Post by **JRL** » 23 Jan 2012, 10:14

Once I bought a can of spray foam removed the lower dashes and (carefully) filled the upper corners with the stuff.
Problem solved. It got rid of 99% of the noises
I have no idea what you would find if the dash needs to be removed, say for a new evaorator, etc

sealuva · Post by **sealuva** » 23 Jan 2012, 12:58

JRL how did you remove the lower dash? I am really novice. Funny you said that cause I bought that wanting to do the same thing but haven't figured out how to do it. How long did it take? Thanks

sealuva · Post by **sealuva** » 23 Jan 2012, 14:37

Bump for JRL... Thanks

Post by **JRL** » 23 Jan 2012, 15:05

Lower dashes just snap out and in
Many are coming loose now (the cheap clips break) and are held by a screw on the ends