

| 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. > >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. >--------------------------------------------------- >Tom Young >Lafayette, CA 94549 > > >
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