as I have mentioned a few times,
take the mirror apart at the base, pull out a hemisphere shaped washer ..
apply Permatex Hi Tack gasket sealer to both sides of it. Reassemble..
gives great traction on that pivot part,  and works nicely.

I could not fix cars without that product.  That's how good it is.

On 9/5/2012 3:25 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
> These mirrors are brand new, and have to be tightened to full spring
> compression and then some.   Now I can barely adjust them, but any slack in
> the nut leads to flopping.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Malcolm Stebbins
> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 11:52 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Power mirrors on an '85?
>
> The archives are full of "how to Fix" floppy mirrors.  here is m2cw:
>
> http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0611A&L=vanagon&P=R4385
>
>
>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> --- On Wed, 9/5/12, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>
>> From: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
>>
>> I've got new mirrors from BD on my rig, and I've had to tighten down
>> the stud to the point I may pull it out to keep them from flopping back
>> at 65 mph.  Anyone put on mirrors from a later van?  It might be worth
>> it even if I just left them manual.   Stuart  '85 Westy
>>
>>
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