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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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