I did that. It slid around like it was sliding on grease.

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Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 09/06/2013 03:54 PM, Scott Daniel wrote:
> take the mirror off and apart on the bottom.
> get that hemisphere washer out. ( somethimes they're stuck in there )
> coat Both Sides of it nicely with Permatex High Tack gasket sealer.
> Reassemble.
> tighten the 10mm nut as tightly as you dare. ( eventually it'll put the
> stud right out of the mirror if it's old your you tighten too much. )
>
> 'usually' this works.
> it'll move slightly when you need it too, but not when you don't want it
> to.
> Even new ones need this treatment in my experience.
>
>
> On 9/6/2013 3:45 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>> Other than buying and installing power mirrors.
>>
>> Yes, this subject has been done to death but I'm not getting anywhere.
>>
>> I've tried the garden hose washer trick. I've tried using some high-tack
>> gasket compound. I'm about at the stage of gumming everything together
>> with contact cement.
>>
>> Is there anything that actually works?
>>
>> Someone wrote about drilling a hole and driving in a pin or something.
>>
>> Not that I don't mind seeing the rear tire in the passenger side mirror.
>> Except when looking to see if I can change lanes.
>>
>> --
>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>> Bend, Ore.
>>
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