I vote for epoxyat this point.
not much to loose , sounds to me.

if you do replace the right side one..
there are flat ones, and slightly convex ones.
The convex ones are much better on the right side , wider view.

if your current right side one is teh flat type .
perhaps you are due for an upgrade anyway.

On 9/6/2013 6:51 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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