Yep, rusted in place and that is why the tightening the spring isn't helping.

Dennis

----- Original Message -----
From: Malcolm Stebbins
Date: Sunday, September 17, 2006 10:01 am
Subject: Re: tightening floppy manual exterior mirrors
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

> Clint Kolda
>
> > I took mine apart and installed a rubber garden hose washer in
> the ball socket joint.
> > This seems to work well even with cracked plastc at the base
> of both mirrors.
>
> Clint: I am trying your suggestion here. I removed mirror,
> then removed the 10 mm nut and the
> (worthless) spring. There is now a cup-shapped washer on the
> bolt that is keeping the base
> attached to the mirror. This cup-shapped washer does not want
> to come off, so that I can separate
> the mirror and base, to get your suggested garden hose washer in
> there.
> Is the cup-shapped washer just rusted in place on mine?? did
> yours come off easily???
>
> Any further expanation would be appreciated. Thanks. Malcolm
> (Halifax NS)
>
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