Date:         Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:59:46 +0000
Reply-To:     Richard Bias <rbias@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Richard Bias <rbias@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: loose mirror no more
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The other thing to do which I have done and it has stayed put for 2 years
now...  Small hose clamp around the base of the mirror.  I tried all the
other fixes and this one has done it.  Hope this helps.

  Richard F. Bias
  85 GL (original, stock) "Buba" (for sale)


>From: Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
>Reply-To: Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: loose mirror no more
>Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 06:43:07 -0800
>
>Don't rest on your laurels just yet.  That nut you tightened down affixes
>to
>a stud that's a *press fit* into the mirror.  As you tighten down on the
>nut
>you tend to pull out the stud, resulting in the "floppy mirror" syndrome.
>Eventually the stud can come out completely.
>
>One fix is to remove the stud, use an appropriately sized drill bit to
>drill
>a hole from the bottom of the hole the stud sat in and out the top of the
>mirror arm, and then replace the stud completely with a stainless steel
>bolt
>or screw.
>---------------------------------------------------------------
>Tom Young                       '81 Vanagon
>Lafayette, CA 94549         '82 Westfalia
>---------------------------------------------------------------
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dylan Kahler" <dkahler@UPS.EDU>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 9:19 PM
>Subject: loose mirror no more
>
>
> > Thanks all...
> >
> > My mirror is sturdy again...easy fix with no problems at all! No more
> > worries about changing lanes on the freeway with a bum mirror!

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