Man, I been trying flat washers, star lockwashers. Had to buy some
Permatex solvent to clean that red stuff off the surfaces -- stuff
didn't really get tacky, just kinda sticky like honey.

The nut isn't stripping. I tried tensioning it all the way until the
spring was smashed flat, that didn't work; I backed it off a bit to give
the spring something to do. No diff.

This mirror isn't the same as the one on the driver's side. I think the
driver's side is, I think, an oem kind. The passenger side is one I
think I replaced ages ago when overtightening cracked it. It's built
differently than the driver side one (cannot recall details right now),
and while the Permatex fix seems okay on the driver side, it was
completely useless on the passenger side.

I'm thinking epoxy. Or welding. Maybe put it in a plaster cast.

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

On 09/06/2013 06:39 PM, ralph meyermann wrote:
> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>