Dropping stuff Down the eBrake

[Pakdoc]

OK, my wife used my Gladiator to pick up our Golden Retriever from the Vet and managed to drop the Credit Card into the eBrake compartment! I could barely see it down there but had to remove the small section of molding above/adjacent to the console storage/arm rest.....which all the tabs conveniently broke. I was successful in sliding the card out the side and under the drivers seat but I'll need to order that small rubber piece. Forgot to take a pic, anyone have schematic?
Thanks!

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[Hootbro]

Here, I googled it for you.

https://parts.northpointchryslerjee...overland--3-6l-v6-gas/interior-trim--consoles

 

[Gvsukids]

OK, my wife used my Gladiator to pick up our Golden Retriever from the Vet and managed to drop the Credit Card into the eBrake compartment! I could barely see it down there but had to remove the small section of molding above/adjacent to the console storage/arm rest.....which all the tabs conveniently broke. I was successful in sliding the card out the side and under the drivers seat but I'll need to order that small rubber piece. Forgot to take a pic, anyone have schematic?
Thanks!

Sounds familiar...
https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/...dit-card-in-through-e-brake-slot.60307/page-2

https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/forum/threads/bank-card-dropped-into-e-brake.34698/

 

[Pakdoc]

I did 3 searches and go ZERO hits using eBrake etc...I knew this couldn't be a one off incident! Thanks for the reply though. I'll look around and see what part this is.

 

[Hootbro]

I did 3 searches and go ZERO hits using eBrake etc...I knew this couldn't be a one off incident! Thanks for the reply though. I'll look around and see what part this is.

I used "Gladiator center console parts" and was third hit down.

Just breaking your balls a bit. Hope you find what you are looking for.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

In this world of i-everything, I'd have never thought of calling it an ebrake.
To me, yeah, I'm old, it's hand brake, emergency brake, parking brake.

As far as the subject of the thread - since things are sometimes written as suggestions, how-to's, and so on, when I saw the subject:

Dropping stuff Down the eBrake

I was going to answer "don't do it".

I have one of those 3 fingered thingies that you push a button on one end to open the fingers on the other end and have retrieved things from tight spaces that way before. Hemostats have been used for some things.
Since I rarely use that brake - I've thought about some color-coordinated tape over the opening. It would come right off if I needed to pull the brake handle.

 

[Pakdoc]

Yeah, I normally have a microfiber towel shoved between the seat/console and under the brake handle to keep stuff from falling in those damn cracks BUT I had to get it clean and took it out then, POOF, something falls down. I called it an eBrake because I saw someone posted something in the past and called it that. Seems the rubber part I'm searching for is either a rare find or so commonly destroyed in order to retrieve fallen objects that it appears out of stock everywhere.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Yeah, I normally have a microfiber towel shoved between the seat/console and under the brake handle to keep stuff from falling in those damn cracks BUT I had to get it clean and took it out then, POOF, something falls down. I called it an eBrake because I saw someone posted something in the past and called it that. Seems the rubber part I'm searching for is either a rare find or so commonly destroyed in order to retrieve fallen objects that it appears out of stock everywhere.

Your luck and timing is terrible. I guess I'd only suggest - don't buy any lottery tickets. They'd say that you owed them the money.
Yeah, I do get it, just that I'd never thought of calling it that.
It's easier to spell, easier to say
I still call it parking brake from 50 years ago.
We all got your meaning - that's what matters. For searches sometimes we have to think - what might someone else call it?

Since it's not a wear part, something like wiper blades or brake pedal pads or that sort of thing, they may not have thought of needing to have many out there on shelves.

 

[Makrie]

Here, I googled it for you.

https://parts.northpointchryslerjee...overland--3-6l-v6-gas/interior-trim--consoles

The part that everyone breaks is listed as #27 on diagram. Note: #27 isn't listed. The problem is Jeep/Stellantis decided to make this integral to the whole center console. Jeep dealers can find parts breakdowns showing the part number but it cannot be ordered.

 

[PW45]

It's almost like that little slot has a gravitational field of it's own. I have had shit bounce off the cup holders and go straight into that black hole.

removing the 2 screws in the back and lifting the entire console also works...

 

[ShadowsPapa]

It's almost like that little slot has a gravitational field of it's own. I have had shit bounce off the cup holders and go straight into that black hole.

removing the 2 screws in the back and lifting the entire console also works...

I've always figured the event horizon for that singularity is about 4" above it. Anything you let go of can't escape.

 

[Minty JL]

In this world of i-everything, I'd have never thought of calling it an ebrake.
To me, yeah, I'm old, it's hand brake, emergency brake, parking brake.

As far as the subject of the thread - since things are sometimes written as suggestions, how-to's, and so on, when I saw the subject:

Dropping stuff Down the eBrake

I was going to answer "don't do it".

I have one of those 3 fingered thingies that you push a button on one end to open the fingers on the other end and have retrieved things from tight spaces that way before. Hemostats have been used for some things.
Since I rarely use that brake - I've thought about some color-coordinated tape over the opening. It would come right off if I needed to pull the brake handle.

Those things are priceless

 

[Minty JL]

I also keep a hat over my e brake........nothing down the hatch yet

 

[Higher_Ground]

a bit bigger but I've been eying something like this to reach into small spaces. Might be a bit too bulky

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Crescent-13-in-X2-Long-Reach-Pliers-PSX200C/204064450

 

[ShadowsPapa]

a bit bigger but I've been eying something like this to reach into small spaces. Might be a bit too bulky

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Crescent-13-in-X2-Long-Reach-Pliers-PSX200C/204064450

That one is longer, and looks better than the one single-jointed ones I have. The other day I needed to reach waaaaay into the frame in the front of my JD lawn tractor to release a hose clamp to take the hose off so I could remove the oil drain valve which had come loose from the block. Man, I fought that thing - bet these would have helped.

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