Date:         Tue, 28 Apr 1998 05:05:28 -0400
Reply-To:     Tyrone & Marilyn Greene <macpine@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Tyrone & Marilyn Greene <macpine@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Outside mirrors
Comments: To: Vanagon <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
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>How do you tighten the outside mirror?
>
> If it's a non-power (pre-88) mirror, remove it from the door and you'll
> find a nut under the mount (10mm or 13mm, I forget which). If you tighten
> it CAREFULLY, one of three things will happen:
>
>     1)  It will hold its adjustment much better. You just saved twenty bucks.
>     2)  It will improve for a couple of days and then worsen again....
>     3)  The bolt will snap when you try to tighten it.

I had the same problem on my 81 vanagon, only both sides. I found that
when I would tighten-up on that 10mm nut, that the washer with the
square hole in it that was suppose to slide up the shaft didn't as it
would seez on the shaft. So I removed the shaft and lightly filed it and
the washer so that there wasn't anymore interferance and put it all back
together. No Problems since!

Tyrone L. Greene
87 Van. GL Syncro
85 Van.
81 Van. L (For Sale)
87 VW Fox GL wgn.