You may also use a thin flat rubber washer inside that ball joint to
help keep the mirror in place. If you tighten the nut too much the
bolt will pull out of the ball joint. The rubber washer adds a bit of
friction and reduces the amount of required tightening.

2010/4/27, Mike South <msouth@gmail.com>:
> I bought a set of mirrors when I was just starting my restoration.
> When I opened the new mirror I looked inside the mount and saw a nut
> there that looked like it might increase the tension on the ball
> joint.  I pulled off my old mirror and lo'n'behold, it had one o' them
> nuts, too.  I tightened it, put it back on, and it quit blowing back
> to the window when in high wind or highway.
>
> mike
>
> (pmail me if you are in the market for a set of opened, but otherwise
> completely unused mirrors.)
>
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Donna Skarloken <dskarloken@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Can anyone point me in the direction of a good picture of a Vanagon with
>> the
>> truck mirrors installed?
>>
>> My husband is going to attempt to install these today (we have the old
>> crummy broken plastic ones, so really need to be replaced).  He said he
>> has
>> to go buy installation screws; there were none included.
>>
>> thanks!
>>
>> Donna, 87 Syncro 7 passenger
>>
>

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Chris S.
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