Cupholder/Changetray Repair - Request for Units to Fix

[rdcyclist]

I've figured out how to fix cupholders and changetrays. Most of us with S4's have cupholders. I think the changetrays are only in the A6's without ESP. The problem with the units is how the spring that extends the holder/tray is mated to the housing. The end of the spring is fitted into the bottom of the housing and when the holder/tray is in, it's loaded against the housing, eventually the housing breaks out and the spring retracts into the housing; no worky.

I fixed all of the broken holders I have and realized I hadn't taken any pictures to document the process. So I need a coupla broke ones to fix and photograph to show you all how to do it. It is remarkably easy to do; just requires some J-B Weld or equivalent epoxy and some very basic ability with simple hand tools. The units need to have the springs and rollers. All five of the ones I had were straightforward fixes so I believe as long as we have the parts, they're going to be fixable.

I would even do this to units that aren't broken because they're all going to break eventually due to the crap design of that interface. I suppose calling something that lasted 10 or 15 years a crap design is a little off base but the fix is so simple that I don't understand why Audi/VW didn't do it in the first place.

As soon as I have one or two, I'll post up a new thread with pitchers and stuff in all of the forums for cars with these holders/trays.

I would charge some nominal fee to fix these but it's simple enough that I think the natives would show up with torches and pitchforks. And admins would probably ban me again.

My email is rdcycle at yahoo.

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[xalents23]

Cool, my change tray has never worked and I never got around to looking into it. I will need to see if, mine still has all the parts connected to it though. I'm also located in SanHo.

-Oops, I just re-read your post. And I was thinking of the ash tray as the coin tray lol.

[rdcyclist]

Cool, my change tray has never worked and I never got around to looking into it. I will need to see if, mine still has all the parts connected to it though. I'm also located in SanHo.

-Oops, I just re-read your post. And I was thinking of the ash tray as the coin tray lol.

Yank the ash tray and let's see if it has the same problem. We can make the thread cup/change/ash trays.

BTW, I remember someone posting that if your cupholder and ashtrays were both working, then something else was wrong with your car. Shit, I don't need to have both working to know there's something else to fix on my S4. That's the normal state of affairs...

[vavJETTAw36]

Best way to fix your s4 cupholder: spend 15 on an a6 one and swap the faceplate. Viola


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[jaychen]

isnt it as simple as just gluing the strap in place of where the 'lips' or whatever you want to call them have broken off from the plastic?

someone made a thread about this a few years ago.

[Peecee69]

I found a neat thread where the person drilled two little holes just in front of the spring, glued it back in place, then reinforced it by feeding a small staple heated to melt through the plastic below the holes and bending it back underneath. That seemed to be a fairly solid fix.

[symyn]

I found a neat thread where the person drilled two little holes just in front of the spring, glued it back in place, then reinforced it by feeding a small staple heated to melt through the plastic below the holes and bending it back underneath. That seemed to be a fairly solid fix.

This is what I did. It has been good to go for about 5 years now.