Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:11:30 -0700
Reply-To: azsun99 <azsun99@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From: azsun99 <azsun99@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: Re: power mirror, replacing large nut
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Well, I finally got it back on, but this is one of those jobs that probably took a
year off of my life.
I removed the mirror base from the door so I could turn it upside down and also get
more slack in the wires. A clamp light on the shelf overhead also helped illuminate
things. I used a tool I made many years ago, a 9/16" bicycle wrench (very thin) with
the tips ground down like twin screwdrivers, to fit in the grooves in the nut. But, I
also think on this van ('88 Westy) the threaded shaft is shorter. The nut came off
very unexpectedly.
So, note to self and others that move those mirrors, either for clearance in the
garage or in camp, if they feel loose, CHECK THE NUT.
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Evan Mac Donald" <vanagon_dad@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: power mirror, replacing large nut
> For me, this was a two-man job.
>
> One to hold the mirror in place, and the second (me) to get the nut started.
>
> It is a small trial to get that nut started, but if the mirror body (and therefor
the threaded section) is held still, it is a bit simpler.
>
> It may reqire that you pull the mirror glass out of its mount, then the mirror
motor mount out of the main housing, and then remove the wires from the mirror motor,
one at a time, and pull them thru the hollow shaft. Be careful, and mark which wire
goes where! This should be kept as a last resort, because of the possibility of
mistakes in reconnecting the wires.
>
> azsun99 <azsun99@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
> The spring-loaded nut that threads on the shaft inside the base has come loose. I
have
> had to replace this nut before, but this is on a different van and I am having no
> luck.
> Besides having to work inside the small opening of the base, and trying to thread it
> back on against the spring, there are the 5 or 6 small wires coming through the
> middle. I am having no luck.
> I have searched the archives and only find msgs about not tightening it too much,
> nothing about getting it back on.
> Any suggestions, please?
>
> Jerry
>
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