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Subject:Broken Power side mirror
From:Jeff Lincoln
Date:Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:59:06 -0500

Ah crud. I just received a great deal on a power mirror to give me a
matching set and finally rid my life of the basic floppy mirrors. Problem is
just a few days before I received the new one (Thanks Curt) the one I had on
the passenger side was mysteriously broken at the "elbow" - so it is floppy
as well.

So I took it apart to see what could be the issue. Well, it appears that the
part inside that holds the mirror to the arm is a cast metal peice and it
has snapped. I was hoping it would be a bolt of some kind and I could
replace it. No that lucky I guess. So I'm going to try my luck with some JB
Weld. I'll let you all know how it goes.

I guess the point of my message is just an FYI for anyone who has the same
issue. I had never heard of this happeneing before. So just so you know what
you're looking at if it does happen - the peice is a cast peice not a
threaded bolt.

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Thanks,

Jeff
'90 Carat (Grover)
'86 (We call this one Parts)
'78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus