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Date:         Fri, 6 Sep 2013 19:54:54 -0700
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Okay -- is there a real fix for floppy mirrors?
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <522A9132.8060703@gmail.com>
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Bus Depot. I have one, and it will need fixing too!

Stuart

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Rocket J Squirrel Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 7:37 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Okay -- is there a real fix for floppy mirrors?

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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