Date:         Mon, 14 Oct 1996 17:29:44 -0700
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Austin <austins@ix.netcom.com>
Subject:      Re: Migrating Mirrors - help!!

At 08:48 AM 10/14/96 -0500, you wrote:
>When we purchased our Vanagon a few months ago noticed how the passenger side
>mirror would slowly head south.  It keeps its adjustment about the X & Y axis
>but loses altitude on the Z axis.  Every couple hundred miles you have to get
>out and pull the mirror back from its drooping position.  The drivers side
>mirror is another story.  On a trip to Colorado we noticed that the mirror
>doubles as a 75 mph indicator.  When you hit 75mph the mirror folds back
>against the door.

Hi - I wrote a fix-it article ref this (common) problem a few months ago;
basically a hex fitting is pulling out of the mirror proper (has a thread on
the other end that goes thru the part that attaches to the bus & tightens
with a hex nut.  The short description fix is to press the fitting back into
the mirror, cross-drill thru the whole mess, & install a SST roll or dowel pin.

Austin