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.

Karl Wolz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
Behalf Of
> Robert Cardo
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 7:04 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re; Permanent Door Mirror Repair
>
> This isn't my fix.
> I found it in the archives, and it worked well, and locked them down
> permanetly.
>
> Take the mirror arm off the base.
> Remove all the hardware.( sping washer etc.) Wrap it in a rag and put
> the arm in a vise with the stud up. Lock a Vise Grips onto the hex
stud.
>
> Hit the bottom of the Vice Grips with a hammer removing the hex stud.
> Drill the stud hole out with the proper fractional drill to accept a
1/4
> x 20 tap.
> Tap the hole.
>
> Put the mounting hardware back on the arm. Run a 1/4 x 20 bolt into
the
> base of the mirror mount. Snug the bolt down.
> Mount the mirror to the door.
> Adjust the mirror to taste.
> Remove the mirror and tighten the bolt down.
> Install the mirror.
>
> It will never move again.
>
> What I have discoverd with these mirror's is, if you replace a broken
> one with any of the list vendors money saving offerings the mirrors
will
> move and not lock down.
> They are cheap in quality.
> Mirror's direct from VW do not slide around as easy the inexpensive
ones
> do.
>
> I posted this to the list for the benift of Mr. Vehring, who was the
> first to inquire and complain, but never found the time to inquire.
> Pehaps he found a better way to solve  his obvious problem on his own.
>
> Perhaps.
>
>
> RC