Is there a way to fix the "dampening" feature on the center console doors (ashtray)?

[Santaclaus4]

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I've been cleaning the interior of my project car (it's really gross) and I've noticed that the ashtray door opens so fast it pops the ashtray out. I've got the center console apart and separated the wood trim from the plastic. I washed all the parts in warm slightly soapy water to get all the PO's spilled pop out of the mechanism's as much as possible. I even washed the circuit board (with the LED) that lights up the ashtray and the cigarette lighter. There was so much sticky pop on everything that I could have re-constituted it into several "big gulps".
It looks like there is a small gear (with it's own tiny housing) that provides the damping feature. I'm gonna assume it's not something I can purchase from BMW as a separate part. I don't necessarily want to take that little housing apart since it's "staked" in place. The damping feature still works fine on the lighter but not on the ashtray.
I even took the center stack out to clean around everything. There was old, sticky pop all down the front of the console, including the MID buttons. I installed new cup holders while I had everything apart. They will never be used, ever! They are just there to fill the hole. Lol

[Santaclaus4]

Look at what I found...
https://www.cultraro.it/en/two-ways-...tary-dampers//

They are called "rotary dampers". I never knew what they were.

[Santaclaus4]

All you ever wanted to know...

https://www.bibus.at/fileadmin/edito...ue_en_2009.pdf

[StephenVA]

That made for interesting reading ! Thanks for the link.

[amancuso]

Awesome thanks for sharing.

[Santaclaus4]

It's interesting to think that someone had to invent those. Who woulda thunk?!