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Subject:Re: 88 GL Power mirror base & spring assembly
Date:Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:17:36 EST

In a message dated 1/18/10 9:12:27 AM Eastern Standard Time,
bobbybrown1@GMAIL.COM writes:

> Long story, but I needlessly disassembled the power mirror from the
> swivel
> base. Now I can't seem to compress the spring enough to get the nut to
> thread.
>
>

youll have to put the mirror in a padded vise, and make a tool out of a
section of pipe w/ a slot in it so the wires can pass thru...and compress the
spring down so the nut turns....