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Author: | swb landy [ Mon Oct 06, 2014 11:50 am ] |
Post subject: | Dor mirror |
Hi, the o/s door mirror on my 944 has gone floppy, I turn it in to the window as our street is a bit tight, turned it in on Sunday and it went floppy, no nasty noises, just went a bit limp. . . .HELP ! |
Author: | Greggers [ Mon Oct 06, 2014 1:18 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Dor mirror |
If you push your mirror fully forward you'll see a small hole in the top of the mounting - inside this is the long allen screw that tightens the mount onto the door. If you're lucky you might be able to re-tighten it, or undo it to be able to remove the mirror and see what the problem is. I wasn't lucky.. ![]() FYI (on mine at least) the allen screw/bolt is a self drilling/tapping item that goes into a captive cylindrical aluminium 'nut' (a bit like an MFI fitting if you know what mean... and that's what pulls everything tight onto the door - however, if the bolt/screw is corroded into the aluminium it is a bast@rd to get loose as there's quite a lot of thread area for the inevitable corrosion to grip the fixing. Hope your luck is better than mine! Greg |
Author: | swb landy [ Mon Oct 06, 2014 8:53 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Dor mirror |
The base was fine, it was the head that was floppy, the threads in the head where the hollow bolt and spring screw into have stripped/corroded, I just shortened the spring a coil so the threads go further in has sorted it for now. . . . but somebody has chopped the wires and joined them with bullet connectors, but not left enough wire so I could pull them through the hole in the door to disconnect them. So the mirror isn't adjustable , but I,m putting a door on that side next month when its in for paint so I can sort it then. |
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