Anyone else notice what a PITA these vents are?

[Ranger44]

Talking about the passenger side vents on Gen-II and early Gen-III RBV's.

I recently replaced my broken passenger side vents. I broke the little tabs off trying to get the replacements off my parts explorer, AND when I removed the old ones on my Ranger. I glued the good ones into the dash, just to get them in.

Have these just gotten old & brittle? This just the way they are? or am I going about this in the wrong way?

The superglue holds them in tight, and snugly, and I can remove them if needed, but is there a better way to install them?

 

[4x4junkie]

Small flathead jewelers-type screwdrivers generally work good to pry the tabs back from the inside while removing it. It still doesn't seem to completely remove the risk of breaking them though (IIRC, a couple of mine are held in with 3 tabs ).

 

[Ranger44]

I just don't think they are made to be removed.

I tried using small screwdrivers, etc.

I'll just have to stick with glue or silicon....

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

are you talking about the defroster vents or the moveable dash vents?

 

[Ranger44]

The two identical dash vents on the passenger side.

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

oh, those vents never taken those out before