The 1979 Chevy Silverado glove box latch is held in place with two retaining screws. Remove the retaining screws and the glove box latch will come off.
Remove the three Philips screws along the top and the two on the bottom corners and remove the entire glove box. You can then work on the latch from the back of the latch and easily open the glove compartment by gently prying off the corners of the glove box from the locking pins.
Pry the knob off and remove threaded lock ring for 79 blazer as well all 79 Chevy truck without locking latch.
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Open the glove box and you should see a single screw on the back of the latch. Simply unscrew this and the latch should come out.
Open the glove box, unscrew the three screws next to the lock, tap lightly and it will come out.
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To remove the glove box on a Chevy Celebrity pull the glove box out, then push up on the tab on the underside of the box to release the latch that keeps the globe box in. It will then simply pull the rest of the way out.
Remove it by depressing the retainer tab then sliding the knob out of its latch case. Alternatively, you can use a flat screw driver to insert it behind the knob to force it out.
2000 Protege did not have a key-lock glove box. Pull the glove box release handle all the way open, then keep pulling it till it snaps off. Behind where the handle pivot point was is an opening to the inside of the latch mechanism. Stick a thin tool in the rectangular opening and push the latch bolt down to release the glove box. Once open, remove the 3 screws that attach the latch to the glove box, and head to your nearest junk-yard for a replacement latch.
Replace the door latch.
The latch is supplied by Henan North Xingguang Locking Systems Co.