Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 22:36:02 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Organization: Cosmic Reminders
Subject: Re: Okay -- is there a real fix for floppy mirrors?
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I always go right to Van Cafe . They very well might have them.
On 9/6/2013 7:36 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> A convex right-side mirror would be sweet. Who sells 'em?
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>
> On 09/06/2013 07:06 PM, Scott Daniel wrote:
>> I vote for epoxyat this point.
>> not much to loose , sounds to me.
>>
>> if you do replace the right side one..
>> there are flat ones, and slightly convex ones.
>> The convex ones are much better on the right side , wider view.
>>
>> if your current right side one is teh flat type .
>> perhaps you are due for an upgrade anyway.
>>
>>
>> On 9/6/2013 6:51 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>> Man, I been trying flat washers, star lockwashers. Had to buy some
>>> Permatex solvent to clean that red stuff off the surfaces -- stuff
>>> didn't really get tacky, just kinda sticky like honey.
>>>
>>> The nut isn't stripping. I tried tensioning it all the way until the
>>> spring was smashed flat, that didn't work; I backed it off a bit to
>>> give
>>> the spring something to do. No diff.
>>>
>>> This mirror isn't the same as the one on the driver's side. I think the
>>> driver's side is, I think, an oem kind. The passenger side is one I
>>> think I replaced ages ago when overtightening cracked it. It's built
>>> differently than the driver side one (cannot recall details right now),
>>> and while the Permatex fix seems okay on the driver side, it was
>>> completely useless on the passenger side.
>>>
>>> I'm thinking epoxy. Or welding. Maybe put it in a plaster cast.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>>> Bend, Ore.
>>>
>>> On 09/06/2013 06:39 PM, ralph meyermann wrote:
>>>> I'm gonna try wacker by elastosil, 100% silicon good stuff!!
>>>>
>>>> Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy
>>>> On Sep 6, 2013 8:34 PM, "Scott Daniel" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> must be your altitudeover there in Bend.
>>>>>
>>>>> try roughing up the metal hemisphere washer.
>>>>> or use something stickier like the contact cement you mentioned.
>>>>>
>>>>> or maybe when you tighten down the nut it's stipping or the stud is
>>>>> pulling out ..
>>>>> like you are not getting really good tension going on that short
>>>>> spring
>>>>> in there.
>>>>> A spacer washer was suggested too.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/6/2013 6:28 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I did that. It slid around like it was sliding on grease.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>>>>>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>>>>>> Bend, Ore.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 09/06/2013 03:54 PM, Scott Daniel wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> take the mirror off and apart on the bottom.
>>>>>>> get that hemisphere washer out. ( somethimes they're stuck in
>>>>>>> there )
>>>>>>> coat Both Sides of it nicely with Permatex High Tack gasket sealer.
>>>>>>> Reassemble.
>>>>>>> tighten the 10mm nut as tightly as you dare. ( eventually it'll
>>>>>>> put the
>>>>>>> stud right out of the mirror if it's old your you tighten too
>>>>>>> much. )
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 'usually' this works.
>>>>>>> it'll move slightly when you need it too, but not when you don't
>>>>>>> want it
>>>>>>> to.
>>>>>>> Even new ones need this treatment in my experience.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 9/6/2013 3:45 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Other than buying and installing power mirrors.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes, this subject has been done to death but I'm not getting
>>>>>>>> anywhere.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've tried the garden hose washer trick. I've tried using some
>>>>>>>> high-tack
>>>>>>>> gasket compound. I'm about at the stage of gumming everything
>>>>>>>> together
>>>>>>>> with contact cement.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is there anything that actually works?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Someone wrote about drilling a hole and driving in a pin or
>>>>>>>> something.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Not that I don't mind seeing the rear tire in the passenger side
>>>>>>>> mirror.
>>>>>>>> Except when looking to see if I can change lanes.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>>>>>>>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>>>>>>>> Bend, Ore.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>
>>
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