Fairly simple dash rattle fix

skloon · Post by **skloon** » 15 Dec 2012, 21:07

Looked at all the suggestions and tried this, I cut a couple of chunks of 1/8 aluminum about 3cm square, bent it gently in the middle and fitted it under the front of the dash under the window defrost grills on the sides, there is a screw that holds the dash pad there and I replaced it with a longer one that I screwed into the chunk of aluminum. I then drilled a couple of holes through the aluminum into the door frame and screwed that down tight, it sure stopped the rattles but I will wait to see how it lasts

Post by **matthew1** » 15 Dec 2012, 21:42

Nice thinking. Ill be following this. I keep balking at Amazon.com's $15 no-squeak tape.

castconcrete · Post by **castconcrete** » 16 Dec 2012, 05:01

Do you have photos of process or finished project that you would share?
Thanks.

Post by **cn90** » 16 Dec 2012, 06:20

I bought this car recently, the previous owner did something very creative, I will take photos today and post them!

Post by **xHeart** » 16 Dec 2012, 07:05

The dash rattle was muffled because of every other suspension noise, now after new suspension, there is a chorus that changes with road conditions, D, N, stop, take-off, you name it.

If you are from Vienna, record it and sell it under an artist's name who is dead as an experimental music. No Strauss, he was just Waltz.

I can't weight for this fix.

Post by **cn90** » 16 Dec 2012, 07:16

The LONG way:
http://www.volvo-forums.com/t11882-dash ... repair.htm

The QUICK Fix:
http://volvoforums.com/forum/volvo-850- ... nts-59650/

The Long way is like listening to Beethoven's 5th Symphony, a long majestic masterpiece.
The Quick Fix is like a Minuet by JS Bach.
I voted for JS Bach!

skloon · Post by **skloon** » 16 Dec 2012, 09:47

That is sort of what I did but mine is behind the piece so you cant see it, I will try to get a picture today

Post by **erikv11** » 16 Dec 2012, 10:11

Then there's this one, still requires the effort of removing the dash but better addresses the problem of crumbling plastic.

http://volvospeed.com/vs_forum/topic/14 ... ir-on-850/

Post by **xHeart** » 19 Dec 2012, 11:15

cn90 wrote:
The QUICK Fix:
http://volvoforums.com/forum/volvo-850- ... nts-59650/

The Long way is like listening to Beethoven's 5th Symphony, a long majestic masterpiece.
The Quick Fix is like a Minuet by JS Bach.
I voted for JS Bach!

Why bracket, and not just fastening dash to the metal body, screw or rivet?

Post by **cn90** » 19 Dec 2012, 11:26

The previous owner folded some kind cardboard material and wedge it between the glass and the dash at the very edge where they meet each other, it is not a very elegant repair but it worked. I trimmed off the excess so it is barely visible. I just learn not to look at his "ghetto" repair LOL.

I don't have a photo of my "setup" yet, but the idea is like the diagram below, get something and wedge it at that spot:

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