clock in crooked

fgoodyear · 03-31-2008, 02:38 PM

I was getting something out of my 07Prius and accidentally hit the clock on the dash. Now one side of the clock is pushed into the dash farther then the other side. Any ideas on an easy - or the best - way to get behind that panel to snap the clock back into the correct position. It's not hurting anything but it is annoying.

Thanks

Frank......

SparrowHawk60 · 03-31-2008, 02:45 PM

I wonder if you could reach it after you take the glove box out?

tomctomc · 03-31-2008, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by fgoodyear

I was getting something out of my 07Prius and accidentally hit the clock on the dash. Now one side of the clock is pushed into the dash farther then the other side. Any ideas on an easy - or the best - way to get behind that panel to snap the clock back into the correct position. It's not hurting anything but it is annoying.

Thanks

Frank......

i have used this trick in the past - but use at your own risk:

take a pencil or 1/4" dowel and hot-melt glue it to the surface of the pushed in area. Let cool. Pull clock back into place. Scrape off glue. Clearly, the force to pull the thing pack into place cannot exceed the bonding strength of the glue. I specified hot-melt because it is a fairly benign adhesive and scrapes right off most surfaces. Epoxy or crazy-glue would be stronger but you'd ruin the clock face.

plusaf · 03-31-2008, 04:23 PM

did the same to my wife's 98 Camry some years back, but her clock was WAY up on the dash, so i asked Toyota to fix it when they were doing some other work. minimal charge.

probably similar [slightly too-weak] clips holding the prius clock in place, too. Hello, Toyota!

hobbit · 03-31-2008, 05:10 PM

If you dig in far enough to remove the MFD, it's attached to
that same bezel. See the Chris Dragon dash-disassembly guide
for how to go at it. It's actually not that complex, and on
the older cars presents a nice opportunity for preventive
solder touch-up maintenance on the MFD if it's one of the
vulnerable ones.
.
_H*

fgoodyear · 04-02-2008, 08:04 AM

Thanks for the responses. I'll probably try the Chris Dragon method because the clock is in the bezel for the Nav.

Frank

03-31-2008, 02:38 PM	#1
fgoodyear Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tillson, New York Posts: 23 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 1	clock in crooked I was getting something out of my 07Prius and accidentally hit the clock on the dash. Now one side of the clock is pushed into the dash farther then the other side. Any ideas on an easy - or the best - way to get behind that panel to snap the clock back into the correct position. It's not hurting anything but it is annoying. Thanks Frank......

03-31-2008, 02:45 PM	#2
SparrowHawk60 Happy to be green! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Town of Newburgh, NY, U.S.of A. Posts: 409 My Car: 2008 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 1	Re: clock in crooked I wonder if you could reach it after you take the glove box out?

03-31-2008, 04:23 PM	#4
plusaf plusaf Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 304 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Re: clock in crooked did the same to my wife's 98 Camry some years back, but her clock was WAY up on the dash, so i asked Toyota to fix it when they were doing some other work. minimal charge. probably similar [slightly too-weak] clips holding the prius clock in place, too. Hello, Toyota!

03-31-2008, 05:10 PM	#5
hobbit Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bahstahn Posts: 2,812 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Re: clock in crooked If you dig in far enough to remove the MFD, it's attached to that same bezel. See the Chris Dragon dash-disassembly guide for how to go at it. It's actually not that complex, and on the older cars presents a nice opportunity for preventive solder touch-up maintenance on the MFD if it's one of the vulnerable ones. . _H*

04-02-2008, 08:04 AM	#6
fgoodyear Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tillson, New York Posts: 23 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 1	Re: clock in crooked Thanks for the responses. I'll probably try the Chris Dragon method because the clock is in the bezel for the Nav. Frank