Center Console Screw
01-22-2006 | 01:54 AM
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yes... l just got done replaceing mine from brown to black..........The scew you are talking about is from the iner left side in the glove box....You will need that screw for the right hight place ment for when you install it back..... good luck
01-22-2006 | 02:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Jim_H
Has anyone else who has removed a center console encountered this screw? Hopefully the pics tell the story.
See the thread "Need help with center console removal on '90 S4". This was the first time I got my center console out, and that screw was one of the problems I ran into. As you can see in post #21 in that thread, I finally got the screw out.
Now what's really weird is that you managed to get your console out without removing that screw. Very strange.
01-22-2006 | 02:49 AM
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Not too weird, Ed. I don't think it should have come out. I couldn't find the screw and didn't have the benefit of your thread. I was wiggling and prying and looking and cussing and it all of a sudden popped off. I spent a good 2 hours trying to find the last bolt. I broke the pc but I don't think it matters cause I never could have gotten the screw back in any way. Without the airbag it would be no problem.
01-22-2006 | 01:43 PM
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Jim, FWIW, I also remember that getting that screw put back in wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. There's very little space to work with on the other side of what's shown in your photo (after removing the glove box, which I believe was a prerequisite). The damn passenger-side air bag doesn't leave much room. But, with the GearWrench and some creative use of leverage to hold the GearWrench against the screw head (until you've tried this, it's hard to know why it's such a problem 
), you can usually get it within 5 or 10 minutes.
I think that that screw, though, does help secure the top of the console so that it leaves a nice, straight seam. Probably not critical, but just another detail that might be worth tending to.
Could be that you're past the point of no return, anyway, in which case I don't think I'd lose too much sleep over it. In fact, I won't.
), you can usually get it within 5 or 10 minutes.I think that that screw, though, does help secure the top of the console so that it leaves a nice, straight seam. Probably not critical, but just another detail that might be worth tending to.
Could be that you're past the point of no return, anyway, in which case I don't think I'd lose too much sleep over it. In fact, I won't.
