At 01:37 PM 2/7/2013, sailingfc @dslextreme.com wrote: >just remembered the flat surface that the spring rests on. I did not use >any additional stuff to get it not to slip and so far it has not drooped >yet. (but it has also been sitting in the driveway for the last 2 months) It's a real fix. On my '84 the mirrors would flatten against the windows in high-speed wind gusts. I went through the routine of yanking the hex shaft out of its mounting and having to cross-drill and pin it, but of course the mirrors still slipped. I bought aftermarket mirrors which were just as bad from the get-go and then I got serious about figuring out the originals. Fixed them, threw away the brand-new aftermarket ones, never looked back (in the wrong direction) again. Yours, David |
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