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Twister Moderator
Joined: 21 Jul 2005 Posts: 2340 Location: Stockport
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Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 19:25 Post subject: Wing mirror question.... |
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Thanks to Jack Frost doing his stuff a few weeks ago I've been left with a wing mirror that's annoying the hell out of me......
For some reason I can't seem to find anything in the manual about replacing the glass, so the way I see it I've got 3 options....
1) Try to prise the glass off the backplate and just replace the glass
2) Try to remove the glass and backplate as one and replace
3) Replace the whole unit - not the cheapest option.
The rubber/plastic around the edge of the glass seems to have gone hard (AFAIK they're the originals), so I think trying to remove the glass from the backplate would end up getting rather messy. I'm leaning towards trying to remove the glass and backplate as one, and I'm presuming that it's held in place with nylon ball & socket type joints as with most other motors.
With having no diagram, I was wondering if anyone knows how many ball joints there are, whereabouts they are located on the backplate, and whether there's a specific order to "pop" them that makes the job easy. _________________
"Tongue-tied and Twisted; just an Earth-bound misfit, I..." - PF
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d12 Lifetime member
Joined: 15 Apr 2009 Posts: 1214 Location: dublin ireland
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Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 20:09 Post subject: |
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What about just sticking a new mirror to it ? A lot cheaper if you can find one in motor factors _________________ 96 3.1 bighorn lwb ,widetrack |
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Pete_88 *******
Joined: 06 Dec 2011 Posts: 1302 Location: East Yorkshire
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Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 20:14 Post subject: |
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I replaced the whole unit on mine after breaking a replacement glass when fitting!! _________________ 2000 3.0 Trooper Duty swb |
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Hunter Lifetime member
Joined: 08 Jul 2010 Posts: 614 Location: Scottish Borders
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Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 20:19 Post subject: |
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d12 wrote: |
What about just sticking a new mirror to it ? A lot cheaper if you can find one in motor factors |
That would mean no de-frost and you see that it was another stuck on mirror ..
That would bother me ....
I have a mirror you can have for the postage ..
It stopped folding in , but the glass is good . Your if you want it .. _________________
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DYLAN Moderator
Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 5115 Location: Chesterfield, Derbyshire
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Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 20:28 Post subject: |
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As mentioned above just get a stick on mirror and you'll not tell the difference _________________
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kennymac Lifetime member
Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 507 Location: Argyll, Scotland
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Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 20:44 Post subject: |
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Hunter wrote: |
d12 wrote: |
What about just sticking a new mirror to it ? A lot cheaper if you can find one in motor factors |
That would mean no de-frost and you see that it was another stuck on mirror ..
That would bother me ....
I have a mirror you can have for the postage ..
It stopped folding in , but the glass is good . Your if you want it .. |
Aye, me too - sad ain't it _________________ If all else fails just nod, smile and say "Yes Dear"
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Twister Moderator
Joined: 21 Jul 2005 Posts: 2340 Location: Stockport
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Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 20:49 Post subject: |
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Have to say it would bother me too .
As they say, "If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing properly" .
... and the no defrost would be a PITA too.
Hunter, thank you for the offer, and I may just take you up on it. I'll have a tinker with it tomorrow and see where I end up by the end of the day. _________________
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Hunter Lifetime member
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Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 20:54 Post subject: |
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Wonder why It's little things that bother me ??
When a big dent doesn't .... I must be getting strange as time goes by ...
Twister , anytime sir _________________
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kennymac Lifetime member
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Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 20:59 Post subject: |
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Hunter wrote: |
Wonder why It's little things that bother me ??
When a big dent doesn't .... I must be getting strange as time goes by ...
Twister , anytime sir |
Heh, glad its not just me, don't mind parkin it in a ditch or up a bank when out crewin on a ride, but someone sets a mug of tea/coffe on the bonnet _________________ If all else fails just nod, smile and say "Yes Dear"
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Twister Moderator
Joined: 21 Jul 2005 Posts: 2340 Location: Stockport
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Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 21:13 Post subject: |
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...Tree scratches down the whole length, both sides, don't bother me, dent in the NSF door, all battle scars . But people leaning on the wings with metal buttons on their clothes
Must be an age thing
As for tea/coffee/beer, that's what the steel bumpers are designed for _________________
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Hunter Lifetime member
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Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 21:25 Post subject: |
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Glad I'm not alone then _________________
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Twister Moderator
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Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:39 Post subject: |
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Well, that was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be. Screwdriver in behind the outer edge of the backplate, and gently prise the backplate out. Popped out a lot easier than some I've done in the past.
Hunter, I've sent you a PM _________________
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kennymac Lifetime member
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Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:47 Post subject: |
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Twister wrote: |
Well, that was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be. Screwdriver in behind the outer edge of the backplate, and gently prise the backplate out. Popped out a lot easier than some I've done in the past.
Hunter, I've sent you a PM |
Now all you've got to do is get the new one in without breaking it lol _________________ If all else fails just nod, smile and say "Yes Dear"
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Musclefox **
Joined: 25 Nov 2011 Posts: 54 Location: Hereford
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 17:56 Post subject: |
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Hey guys, how do I get the mirror off my Bighorn so I can fix the to fold in again, cheers.. |
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