I'm gonna try wacker by elastosil, 100% silicon  good stuff!!

Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy
On Sep 6, 2013 8:34 PM, "Scott Daniel" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> must be your altitudeover there in Bend.
>
> try roughing up the metal hemisphere washer.
> or use something stickier like the contact cement you mentioned.
>
> or maybe when you tighten down the nut it's stipping or the stud is
> pulling out ..
> like you are not getting really good tension going on that short spring
> in there.
> A spacer washer was suggested too.
>
>
> On 9/6/2013 6:28 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>
>> I did that. It slid around like it was sliding on grease.
>>
>> --
>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>