At 01:37 PM 2/7/2013, sailingfc @dslextreme.com wrote:
>just remembered the flat surface that the spring rests on.  I did not use
>any additional stuff to get it not to slip and so far it has not drooped
>yet. (but it has also been sitting in the driveway for the last 2 months)

It's a real fix.  On my '84 the mirrors would flatten against the
windows in high-speed wind gusts.  I went through the routine of
yanking the hex shaft out of its mounting and having to
cross-drill  and pin it, but of course the mirrors still slipped.  I
bought aftermarket mirrors which were just as bad from the get-go and
then I got serious about figuring out the originals.  Fixed them,
threw away the brand-new aftermarket ones, never looked back (in the
wrong direction) again.

Yours,
David