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After looking at the ashtray , it seems that the outer part spreads open and leaves too much gap that the ratcheting mechanism falls out of its guide .
Mine also had the hinge pin loosing its grip meaning it could fall out and make the whole assembly “explode” by simply thinking about closing the ashtray .
The hinge pin is sharp on one end to guide it through the 4 holes it needs to get through to make the hinge , and the other side is shaped like a wheel stud to press into the plastic and hold it all together .
My solution to this part of the problem was to simply insert it from the other end and use needle nose pliers to press it into the virgin plastic on that side .
Then I looked at the age old problem of ashtrays misbehaving and I came up with 2 solutions :
1 : Use epoxy that I bought to preemptively “fix” the sharkfins To hold against the hinge pin whilst the outer piece was forced closed .
2 : Add something Like a spacer to the “free moving” side to close the gap on the ratching side to stop the mechanism falling out of its guide .
In the end I went with a mixture of both solutions .
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