01-27-2012, 01:54 AM
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10mm MW
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Michigan
Posts: 794
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MBeige
I had a spare mirror to play around with and tried to reinstall the ball into the socket. Nothing I tried worked, and I was already placing my body weight on the stem so it could pop into the socket.
Good thing it was a spare. Until we figure out a way, the best solution for now seems to be replacing the whole mirror.
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I just swapped 123 mirror stems, I could not remove the stem from one car, so I popped the mirror off and found that it did not want to pop back on the other stem. I was able to pop a 126 mirror on and off as I had to tighten the ball screw on it, but the 123 mirror was no joy on the reinstall.
I ended up taking a dremel and carefully opening up the top edge, reducing how much of the socket wrapped around the back side of the ball, that, and tapering it to aid in the install.
POP, back together and it works like it should, it moves easer now from the silicone spray, but it is getting tighter as time goes by.
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