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Old 02-10-03, 07:36 PM
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Question Removing external rear-view mirrors

Ok, so both my outside mirrors vibrate like an electric ***** when I go over rough roads, and its beginning to get annoying. I can wiggle them with my hand, so they're pretty loose (maybe 5 degrees of play). I'm talking about where they attach to the door, by the way. What is the best way to solve this problem, and how do I get at the mounting mechanism?
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I had a problem with my passenger side power mirror. Here's what I did:

-remove the two screws under the mirror assembly
-unplug the connector to the motor and remove the mirror
-tighten the two screws that hold the arm to the door

It wurked fer me!
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Sounds like a plan man. Just be sure to not strip out the screws under the mirror. They metal gets soft after time. Ive been to many yards looking for a mirror to replace my bent up one, and most of the people have stripped out the one screw thats at an odd angle. I had to use a stripped screw removal tool thing to get the damn mirror off my parts car.

~T.J.
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Originally Posted by RotorMotorDriver
Sounds like a plan man. Just be sure to not strip out the screws under the mirror. They metal gets soft after time. Ive been to many yards looking for a mirror to replace my bent up one, and most of the people have stripped out the one screw thats at an odd angle. I had to use a stripped screw removal tool thing to get the damn mirror off my parts car.

~T.J.
I had to drill the screws out of mine because the screw heads stripped out. Hopefully I'll have enough to retap...if not, off to Pull-A-Part!

About the screws in the base. I cannot get mine to tighten any further and the mirror is still loose, thereby vibrating as mentioned above
Is there something inside there to make the screws stop?

Thanks,
Wiley Winter
Memphis




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