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Subject:Re: Re; Permanent Door Mirror Repair
From:Al and Sue Brase
Date:Tue, 23 Nov 2004 12:38:49 -0600

Tom:
Well, duh. It's Murphy's law! The side you can't reach to adjust is the
side that won't stay adjusted. On mine too. A total mystery to me why
Karl's don't do this. Maybe keeps it out of the sun?
Al Brase

Tom Young wrote:

>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.
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>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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