A convex right-side mirror would be sweet. Who sells 'em?

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

On 09/06/2013 07:06 PM, Scott Daniel wrote:
> 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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