Why do our console lids only open 45 degrees?
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Originally Posted by Groovepusher Sly
Actually, if you're only going to pop the gas cover, you only need to open the lid a little. If you need to arrange items, or use the accessory plug, pull it all the way open.
If you think about it, you probably do the quick flip more often than anything else.
Sly
If you think about it, you probably do the quick flip more often than anything else.
Sly
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Originally Posted by Awsum98
just spray some silicone or WD-40 
on the hinges and it will open fully without any effort !
on the hinges and it will open fully without any effort !Corvette Stories
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The famous Corvette double hinge will probably win an award as the pinnacle of engineering excellence. 
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Originally Posted by 2k1 Vette
I seem to recall (I dont have my C5 anymore) that the emergency brake got in the way a little bit too. If you try to open it while the emergency brake is engaged then that might be a little bit of the problem.
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From: Sandy Utah
As has been said before, OIL THE DAMN HINGES and it will open every time very easily!!! It is not a double hinge or a two stage design. It is a single over centr hinge and if You wil just OIL it, it will work as designed without pushing, pulling, or using both hands. Let me say it one more time ---- OIL THE DAMN HINGES.
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From: Crofton MD
Originally Posted by Cirrus8
As has been said before, OIL THE DAMN HINGES and it will open every time very easily!!! It is not a double hinge or a two stage design. It is a single over centr hinge and if You wil just OIL it, it will work as designed without pushing, pulling, or using both hands. Let me say it one more time ---- OIL THE DAMN HINGES.
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Originally Posted by Cirrus8
As has been said before, OIL THE DAMN HINGES and it will open every time very easily!!! It is not a double hinge or a two stage design. It is a single over centr hinge and if You wil just OIL it, it will work as designed without pushing, pulling, or using both hands. Let me say it one more time ---- OIL THE DAMN HINGES.
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From: Crofton MD
Originally Posted by BUK VETT
Hey - maybe that's why when I open mine past 45 degrees it takes a ton of effort and makes a sound like an old bank vault door being opened??? metal on metal kind of. . . . ???? Some type of creaking sound.
Or just stick with the logical plan that it just needs some oil....
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From: Ostrander OH
Originally Posted by Mark33
That OR, as others have illuded to, it's Chevrolet's ingenious design to install a console that evolves into a bank vault to protect your belongings, exactly how hey intended it to work.
Originally Posted by Bonsai
"you mean like 2 napkins or the small note pad that I have in there....
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From: Austin, Texas 2005 National Champs in Football and Baseball.
Originally Posted by Cirrus8
As has been said before, OIL THE DAMN HINGES and it will open every time very easily!!! It is not a double hinge or a two stage design. It is a single over centr hinge and if You wil just OIL it, it will work as designed without pushing, pulling, or using both hands. Let me say it one more time ---- OIL THE DAMN HINGES.
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From: Escondido CA
Originally Posted by EZEDDIE
If you are sitting in the driver seat, open it 45%, then pull it towards you at the same time you pull up on it. The lifting motion is more of a 'towards you then up' as apposed to a direct 'up'.
Hope this makes sense.
Hope this makes sense.
