Information on a fix for a broken door panel armrest.

[oranginalringer]

Does anyone have a fix for broken door panel armrests on a 98 explorer?

 

[BrooklynBay]

Welcome to this forum! I've moved your thread into the stock 95-01 section. Take the panel off, and reinforce it with screws.

 

[oranginalringer]

Thanks, I should point out that the thin pieces of molded plastic that used to span the bottom of the handgrip portion of the armrests have deteriorated also the plastic "NUT" has pulled out of the foam in front of the grip leaving me with a floppy rubber handles dangling from my doors. The back part(the actual armrest portion) remains intact.

 

[BrooklynBay]

Replace the plastic nut with a metal one. You could get a used panel from a vendor on this site such as KBabiak.

 

[Electrohacker]

sounds like a junkyard is in your future