Power mirror "tune-up"Brent,
I have not been inside the power mirror itself, but a few years ago I was having trouble with it coming loose and folding back against the body. I was leaving on a camping trip to north of Las Vegas, so I temporarily put duct tape around the arm. This didn't work too well because of the hot Nevada sun, the adhesive softened and I had to keep opening the wiindow and pushing the mirror back out. Once in camp I carefully pried off the plastic cap on the bottom and saw that the nut and spring had come off of the shaft and the wires run up through it all. It was a tedious PITA to work around the wires and get the spring on and thread the nut on, all up inside where there isn't much room. Anyway, I got it on, and used two screwdrivers in the notches in the nut to tighten it. When I got home, I took a cheap bicycle wrench, the thin flat kind, and on the 9/16th size, ground the tips down flat so that they bridge the wires and fit in the slots. Now I can tighten it with pliers on the end of the wrench.
Jerry
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: BRENT CHRISTENSEN 
  To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
  Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 12:20 PM
  Subject: Power mirror "tune-up"

  With the recent discussion of floppy mirrors, I found myself wondering about improving the operation of the power windows in the Syncro.  While they currently work fine, the driver's mirror is very noisy and slow.  Has anyone ever pulled the mirrors apart and given them a "tune-up"? Are there some parts that could benefit from cleaning and greasing, or other kinds of PM?

  Brent Christensen 
  '89 GL Syncro Westy 
  Santa Barbara, CA 

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