That's odd... In both my Vanagons, including the one where I replaced the
right-side mirror with a BD OEM mirror, the right-side mirrors have ALWAYS
"self-adjusted" while the left-side mirrors have been just fine.  In fact,
many of the Vanagons I see on the road show this same situation; left mirror
OK, right-side mirror obviously out of kilter.

I've always wondered if there is some physical explaination (e.g.,
precession induced by a rotating load, which dictates the use of left-hand
threads in some situations) of why this patter should occur, but I've never
come up with one.
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Tom Young
Lafayette, CA 94549
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: Re; Permanent Door Mirror Repair

> Over 600,000 miles on Vanagons, and I've never had a complaint about my
> mirrors.  I've removed them and snugged them down, and had one stud pull
> out, but that doesn't seem unreasonable over that amount of use.
>