Dropping stuff Down the eBrake

[Mr._Bill]

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.

Whenever I see eBrake, it is being used to refer to the electrically activated parking brake, which the JT/JL do not have.

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[Smitherhouse]

Happened to me also same exact thing. My debit card. Dealer said you uabe to replace the hole center console. Don't know if that's accurate it was in 2021.

 

[Lunentucker]

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=seat+gap+filler

 

[Barnaby’sdad]

I did the same thing a while back. I got a really long zip-tie, wrapped some duct tape on it, and the card stuck to it and pulled it right out. Was a great idea that was provided by a member here.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=seat+gap+filler

Pretty sure OP is talking about the 1/8” gap to the right of the e-brake handle.

Considering how small the space is, it’s amazing how frequently people manage to drop crap in therez

 

[mx5red]

Happened to me also same exact thing. My debit card. Dealer said you uabe to replace the hole center console. Don't know if that's accurate it was in 2021.

why would you have to replace anything? I could see maybe partially removing, but should go back together...

 

[Smitherhouse]

No the tabs broke on the rubber insert will have to use good Ole jb weld

 

[Pakdoc]

Yeah, not the old easy Pop out stuff but hardened plastic tips and a lip. It's listed as a separate piece but seems you can only get it with a console.

 

[JTRDistraction]

Whenever I see eBrake, it is being used to refer to the electrically activated parking brake, which the JT/JL do not have.

When i see eBrake, I think of Emergency Brake. Even though it is not the correct name for it. That's just what I used to call the parking brake.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=seat+gap+filler

A $10 can of spray gap filler will do the same thing. I'd get the rodent blocking foam myself.

 

[Pakdoc]

Heck yeah! IDNK that it came in Rodent block.....I've got a squirrel issue in my eves at the house and everytime I fix the issue they find or chew another way in.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Heck yeah! IDNK that it came in Rodent block.....I've got a squirrel issue in my eves at the house and everytime I fix the issue they find or chew another way in.

I could be a smart-@$$ and suggest they are looking for the nuts in your house? LOL J/K!

 

[schnelly]

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!

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. That piece is only serviced with the console. Had one of our techs break one a few weeks ago. You may be able to plastic weld the tabs back if you know how.

 

[it_trailblzr]

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.

Bro, back in my day, hemostats were only use for one thing.
Are you telling on yourself?

 

[Imeiny100]

Happened to me also same exact thing. My debit card. Dealer said you uabe to replace the hole center console. Don't know if that's accurate it was in 2021.

Luckily, I have a brother who was a mechanic and also worked in the repair hole at a jeep plant. I asked him if he had something similar to a hemostat/forceps. He said yes and got his really long needle nose pliers out and retrieved my card in 5 minutes. The card is a little damaged, but usable. It's better than having to go through the process of getting a new card. I now have a set of 10 inch hemostats arriving tomorrow, just in case.

 

[ArchEtech]

I haven’t done this yet, but I’ll have to take a look and see what the gap is. Thanks for the warning!

Does anyone have a fixed for the loose jingling sound of the handbrake emergency brake in the jeeps I hate that! Feels like something from the cheapest model car you could possibly buy.

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