Unintended rattle fix while installing Bulletpoint mount for GPS.

[Aherpa]

I was having trouble with my GPS mount, it rattled and would eventually come unstuck and the GPS would fall, so I decide to try the Bulletpoint Mounting Solution.

To install the mount, you need to remove the dashbin/cointray/watchamacallit that is behind the monitor screen. Once I got that off (as an FYI, it's a $42 part . . . not that I would know that), I got curious and checked the three bolts holding it down. They were tight but I noticed how the various pieces moved in relationship to each other. If pressed just right, the copper colored piece of plastic, would make a similar noise that laughs at me on gravel roads. Just pushing down on the dashbin had little to no effect in getting rid of it.

I had some 1/16" and 1/8" foam that was packaging material for some other purchase so I used a couple of small picks to cram some foam between the copper piece and the piece below it. I used a 90degree pick to help open the space between the pieces and another pick to move the foam between them. The thicker foam went on the top (or forward) and the thinner foam on the bottom (or rear).

A quick drive down a gravel road and those annoying noises are gone. So if you have an opportunity to get access to the area under the dashbin, you may want to do this quick fix as part of your project.

Thanks

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[CajunMick]

Good info. Ok, how did you get that dash tray off? Grab it and pull up?

 

[CajunMick]

I'm guessing prybar since he knows the replacement cost

My thoughts too. I can buy lots of hamburgers for $42.

 

[Aherpa]

Good info. Ok, how did you get that dash tray off? Grab it and pull up?

Plastic pry bars. The Bulletpoint kit supplied a prybar. One pin broke at the end and it lost it's clip which dropped into who knows where. I hate rattles so I ordered a whole new part rather than have a possible new rattle. . . .

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

Just in case.
Someone else has rattles and wants to remove the dashboard tray. Here are pictures of the under side of the dash tray, where the retaining clips are located. This gives you an idea of where to focus the pry bar on.

 

[CajunMick]

Plastic pry bars. The Bulletpoint kit supplied a prybar. One pin broke at the end and it lost it's clip which dropped into who knows where. I hate rattles so I ordered a whole new part rather than have a possible new rattle. . . .

Thanks.

 

[CajunMick]

Just in case.
Someone else has rattles and wants to remove the dashboard tray. Here are pictures of the under side of the dash tray, where the retaining clips are located. This gives you an idea of where to focus the pry bar on.

Thanks for the info.

 

[CajunMick]

I don't know maybe 3 Big Macs for that now days.

Yep, you right. We keep stack of burger n chicken coupons around, use them.

 

[paneubert]

The pins along the back of the screen are the hardest to get loose. There isn't any leverage for the pry bar to get in there since the screen rises above the tray. It was touch and go when I installed my Bulletpoint on my 2025..... I essentially had to loosen the windshield side and the two shorter sides of the rectangle and then just wiggle and pull straight up the best I could.

 

[Meeka]

I don't know maybe 3 Big Macs for that now days.

Burgers ain’t cheap like they used to be, in American Graffiti etc.

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