Parcel shelf repair

[Cbiggs]

Hi all, 

it would appear that my parcel shelf not longer retracts, looking at it I think the central roller has come off the spindle at one end. 

I cant figure out how to get it apart to even attempt a repair. 

Has anyone had the same issue or has anyone been able to take these apart?

[Lakhvinder]

I have the same problem, not sure how to fix mine

Has anyone been able to take one apart to fix it?

[Swirly182]

2 hours ago, Lakhvinder said:

I have the same problem, not sure how to fix mine

Has anyone been able to take one apart to fix it?

Well volunteered? 

[Huffski]

Just going to bring this back to life. Has anyone got the end caps off, i cant get them, tried everything.

[Mence]

I dont believe they are that costly, might be better to replace.

[Huffski]

11 minutes ago, Mence said:

I dont believe they are that costly, might be better to replace.

Just bought a new one for £110 which i wouldn't call cheap. Want to try and repair the broken one but cant get the end caps off.

[Mence]

1 hour ago, Huffski said:

Just bought a new one for £110 which i wouldn't call cheap. Want to try and repair the broken one but cant get the end caps off.

No probs, best of luck...

[Cbiggs]

3 hours ago, Huffski said:

Just going to bring this back to life. Has anyone got the end caps off, i cant get them, tried everything.

I gave up trying to get the end cap off, annoyingly I can see that the roller has slipped out of the ends but I cannot fathom a way to get it back in and the spring loaded. I’m loathed to buy a new one for something that should be a quick easy fix!

[VRS_White_Hatch]

For roller removal just follow this simple equation that makes it simple. 

 

 

 

😁 IE impossible for mere mortals to do.

[Huffski]

2 hours ago, Cbiggs said:

I gave up trying to get the end cap off, annoyingly I can see that the roller has slipped out of the ends but I cannot fathom a way to get it back in and the spring loaded. I’m loathed to buy a new one for something that should be a quick easy fix!

I think they are neither heat sealed or once they are clipped on there is no access to the clips. Gonna try again tomorrow and if i have no joy i might bust the end cap off in the name of science.

[Cbiggs]

Solved it.... saw my parcel shelf this morning standing by the airing cupboard door, about to throw it away and thought I would give it one more look, managed to get both end caps off, remove and roll the cover back up, slide it back into place, prime the spring and put it all back together, all working! 

I think I could have put a little more tension in the spring, unfortunately I didn't think I would be successful so I didn't bother taking any photos but here is what I did.

 

1. under the end caps there looks like 4 slits in the plastic, these are essentially spring loaded latches that catch onto the main body of the roller housing, the slits allow them to flex, gently insert a screw driver blade into the inner 2 slits (one clip per side) ease it out and that will release the clip and the end caps slide off, there is a large spring on each end which pushes these end caps back out to secure into the rear side panels of the boot.

2. each end of the aluminium housing is another cap, both are held in place with plastic lugs which you can push in and gently pry the caps off the housing, no spring to worry about, one end has a hex shaft which stops the inner tube from rotating, the other end has an X shaped inset which mounts into the end of the roller - I took this end off

3. slide the roller out, re roll and refit leaving it to stick out a little.

4. using the end cap wind up the spring to add tension to the roller so that it retracts again when pulled out, carefully though, let the cap come off and you'll need to re prime the spring, happened to me twice and very annoying!!

5. hold the cap on the roller push the roller onto the hex shaft, I used a second pair of hands to guide that end in place, and push the inner end cap on at this point I tested the roller and found that I needed more tension so ended up repeating steps 2 - 5

6. replace the springs and the out end caps, needed to pry the latches to get them on but a bit of force and then snapped back in place.

 

Fitted the the car and working fine again, a little slower than previously so probably could have added even more tension to the spring but much better than spending £100 on a new roller.

 

Hope that helps some other folks, I will try and get some photos if that is not clear and upload later 

On 20/09/2019 at 22:41, Huffski said:

I think they are neither heat sealed or once they are clipped on there is no access to the clips. Gonna try again tomorrow and if i have no joy i might bust the end cap off in the name of science.

Solved it if you haven't already managed it

[paulski]

Fantastic effort. Join the  BBC Repair Shop next month . Any photos would be great. I use mine so much I'm convinced it'll pack up eventually and >£100 is always nice to save. 

[Huffski]

If all else fails i have 2 for sale. Hit me up.

[Alekolam]

Any photos, please. Still cant get those end caps off... 😔

[Huffski]

I have a parcel shelf for sale